Traveling at 55 miles per hour, how many minutes, rounded to the nearest whole number, does it take to drive 310 miles from Boston to Syracuse? Correct answer gets a medal.

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anthonyym · Answer

You can find out how many hours it take first.
$$\frac{ 55mi }{ hr }=\frac{ 310mi }{ x }$$

peperwqio · Answer

So the correct anser is...?

anthonyym · Answer

$$\frac{ 55mi }{ 1 hr }=\frac{ 310mi }{ x }$$
Can you solve it now through cross multiplying?

peperwqio · Answer

5.64?

anthonyym · Answer

Yes 5.64 hours. Now convert to minutes.
$$\frac{ 5.64hr }{ 1 }*\frac{ 60 minutes }{1 hr }*\frac{ 60 seconds }{ 1 minute }$$.
Notice the units hour and minutes cancel.

anthonyym · Answer

Oops my bad skip the last part. It asks for minutes not seconds

anthonyym · Answer

Should be
$$\frac{ 5.64hr }{ 1 }*\frac{ 60 minutes }{1 hr }$$