Question

A car travels 50 mph for 10 minutes. How many miles per minute is the car traveling? Round to the nearest tenth. To the nearest tenth of a mile, how far does the car travel in 1 minute?

Answer 1

0.83 miles per minute.

Answer 2

The car travels 0.8 mile in 1 minute.

Explanation:

A car is travelling by 50 mph for 10 minutes.

We have to calculate the distance that car has traveled.

Since speed has been given in miles per hour.

So first we will convert the speed in miles per minute.

Therefore, speed of car = 50 mph =
`(50miles)/(60minutes)`

=
`(5)/(6)` per minute

= 0.833 miles per minute.

Distance covered by car in one minute = 0.8 mile.