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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?  

 

These are my options: 

 

A. 6 

 

B. 338 

 

C. 365 

 

D 3,300 

 

I'm having trouble on figuring out where to start... 

 

Thank you in advanced for your spent time.

 May 31, 2019
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Note that   55 miles1 hour = 55 miles60 minutes

 

Let  x  be the number of minutes it takes.

 

55 miles60 minutesx minutes = 310 miles x minutes = 310 miles60 minutes55 miles x minutes = 3106055 minutes x minutes = 1860055 minutes x minutes  338 minutes x  338

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 May 31, 2019
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Nice Job!

Nickolas  May 31, 2019
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Thank you so much I really apricate that.

HiylinLink  May 31, 2019

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