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If I am traveling 285 miles per hour how long will it take me to get 3.8 miles

 Nov 26, 2016
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You are given   m/h     and m    and want  h  

so if we    DIVIDE m   BY  m/h

we get

m  /   m/h   =   m x h/m   = h   (because the m's cancel)

So your answer is

 

3.8m / (285 m/h)  =  3.8  /   285/1  =  3.8  x   1/285  =  3.8/285 = 0.0133333333333333  hr    or   48 seconds

 Nov 27, 2016

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