Question

Maxine is driving to her mother’s over Thanksgiving. The distance she will drive is 270 miles. If she drives at a constant rate of 60 miles per hour, how long will it take Maxine to drive to her mother’s house

Answer 1

It takes 4.5 hours for Maxine to drive to her mother’s house

Solution:

Given that  

Maxine is driving to her mother’s over Thanksgiving.

Distance Maxine needs to cover = 270 miles

Also given that she drives at a constant rate of 60 miles per hour, means

Need to determine the time she will take to reach her mom house

As constant rate is 60 miles per hour, this means

Time required to cover 60 miles = 1 hour  

So time require to cover 1 mile =  $\frac{1}{60} hours$

$\begin{array}{l}{=>\text { time require to cover } 270 \text { miles }=270 \times \text { time require to cover } 1 \text { mile }} \\\\ {=270 \times \frac{1}{60} \text { hours }} \\\\ {=\frac{270}{60} \text { hours }=4.5 \text { hours }}\end{array}$

Hence time required by Maxine at constant speed of 60 miles per hour to reach her mother’s house is 4.5 hours.