Answer:
Step-by-step explanation:
So at 55 miles per hour you go 12 miles in a little over 13 minutes.
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Hope this helps you to understand the problem and how to use the formula to solve it.
Distance = Speed * Time
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You might be able to understand this by thinking, "If I go at 60 miles per hour for 2 hours,
how far do I travel?" The answer is:
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Distance = 60 miles per hour* 2 hours = 120 miles
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In the problem you are told that the distance to be covered is 12 miles. The speed is 55 miles
per hour. Put these into the equation and you get:
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12 miles = 55 miles per hour * Time
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You can then solve for the Time by dividing both sides of this equation by 55 to get:
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12/55 = Time
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So it takes 12/55 hours to go 12 miles. The fraction 12/55 converts to a decimal by dividing
55 into 12 to get 0.218181818 of an hour. Since an hour has 60 minutes, you can convert
the answer to minutes by multiplying 60 by 0.218181818 to get about 13.09 minutes.
