A blue pickup starts in Tucson, AZ and heads north to Flagstaff, AZ, traveling at 66 miles/hour. At the same time, a red sports car leaves Casa Grande, headed north towards Flagstaff, AZ traveling 48 miles/hour. Casa Grande is 70 miles from Tucson, and Flagstaff is 262 miles from Tucson. A green minivan begins travel at the same time, but heads south from Flagstaff toward Tucson at 72 miles per hour. Convert the average speed of each vehicle into miles per minute

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Answer:

Speed of blue pickup: 1.1 miles per minute

Speed of red sport car: 0.8 miles per minute

Speed of green minivan: 1.2 miles per minute

Step-by-step explanation:

As 1 hour = 60 minutes, the rate of which each vehicle travels in an hour can be divided by 60 to find the average speed they travel in minute

Speed of blue pickup = 66mph / 60 = 1.1 miles per minute

Speed of red sport car = 48 mph / 60 = 0.8 miles per minute

Speed of green minivan = 72 / 60 = 1.2 miles per minute