Answer:
16 hours
Step-by-step explanation:
Speed=distance/time
Let S be speed, D be distance, and t be time.
Let's solve the speed equation for t since we are looking for time, t.
[tex]S=\frac{D}{t}[/tex]
Multiply both sides by t:
[tex]St=D[/tex]
Divide both sides by S:
[tex]t=\frac{D}{S}[/tex]
So our distance is 239000 and our speed is 250 so plug them in:
[tex]t=\frac{239000}{250}[/tex]
Putting into the calculator now:
t=956 minutes (I knew this was in minutes because the speed was 250 miles per minute)
We need to convert this to hours. 60 minutes=1 hour.
60 minutes=1 hour
956 minutes=x hours
You can setup a proportion if you don't know you just need to take 956 and divide it by 60. Like so:
[tex]\frac{60}{956}=\frac{1}{x}[/tex]
Cross multiply:
[tex]60x=956(1)[/tex]
[tex]60x=956[/tex]
Divide both sides by 60:
[tex]x=\frac{956}{60}[/tex]
Putting into calculator now:
x=15.9333333333333 which mean we have almost 16 hours
