Question

tom and tammy race cross country on motor bikes to drive 450 miles in 9 hours. Tammy took 7 1/2 hours to travel the same distance as tom compute the unit rate that describes toms average driving speed and tammy's average driving speed show how your decisions below

Answer 1

50 and 60 mph respectively

Explanation:

Step one:

given data

total distance= 450 miles

time take= 9 hours

Required

Tom and Tammy's average speed

Step two:

Tom's average speed= 450/9

= 50 miles per hours

Tammy's average speed= 450/7.5

= 60 miles per hours