Question

If it takes Tanya 4.6 hours to get to her cousin's house while driving an average of 40 mph, how far away does her cousin live?

Answer 1

Her cousin lives 184 miles away

Explanation: In this problem you need to solve for the distance, and you are given speed and time. With this information, we need to use the speed formula which is s=d/t where s=speed, d=distance, and t=time

Next all you have to do is plug in your values, which should look like this-

40=d/4.6

Now that you have your equation, you must solve for d to get your distance by isolating d to one side of the equation. You do this, by multiplying 4.6 on each side of the equation.

This is what the math should look like-

(4.6)40=d/4.6(4.6)
184=d
d= 184 miles

I hope this helped!