We find the area of a rectangle by multiplying the lengths of both the sides <em>(length and width).</em>
One side given is
Another side given is
Multiplying these 2 will give us the expression for the area of the rectangle <em>(we use distributive property given by in this problem to multiply)</em>
Area =
<em>Now combining like terms and rearranging, we have:</em>
We are trying to find miles/hour, which shows that we are going to be dividing the total number of miles by the total number of hours. Thus, in this case, the miles/hour rate will be: