Question

The Oregon trail is 2.197 miles long. How long would it take a covered wagon travelling 20 miles a day to complete the trip? Write the answer as a mixed number.

Answer 1

Answer: It needs 2.4 hours to complete the trip.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since we have given that

Length of Oregon trail = 2.197 miles

Speed at which it travel = 20 miles per day

we need to find the time taken by it ,

As we know that

$Time=\frac{Distance}{Speed}$

$Time=\frac{2.197}{20}\\\\Time=0.10\text{ days}$

So,

it will be changed into hours

$1\text{ day}=24\text{ hours}\\\\0.1\text{ day}=24\times 0.1=2.4\text{ hours}$

so, it needs 2.4 hours to complete the trip.