Question

Mr. Munch drove 169 miles in 3 hours and 30 minutes. Find the rates miles per minute and feet per minute.

Answer 1

There is 5280 feet in a mile.

Therefore you would multiply 169 times 5280 feet to get the total number of feet driven.

169×5280= 892,320 feet

Then there is 60 minutes in a hour.

Therefor you would multiply 3.5 times 60 minutes to get the total number of minutes driven.

3.5×60=210 minutes

Then you would divide the number of feet by the number of minutes

892,320÷210= 4,249.1428571429

4,249.14 feet per minute (rounded)

169÷210= 0.8047619048

0.80 miiles per minute (rounded)

Answer 2

Answer:

4249.14 ft/min

Step-by-step explanation:

169 miles

--------------- = 48.29 mph

3.5 hrs

Then, in miles per minute:  

48.29 mi/hr        1 hr

------------------ * -------------- = 0.80 mile/minute

        1                60 min

or, in ft/min:

0.805 mi      5280 ft

-------------- * -------------- = 4249.14 ft/min

    1 min          1 mi