Question

36. The shinkansen, or bullet train of Japan travels at an average speed of 162.3 miles per hour. It has a top speed of 186 miles per hour. At most, how many miles per hour can the train travel beyond its average speed before it reaches its maximum speed?

Please help me as soon as possible please I'm horrible at word problems

Answer 1

Ok its asking for the difference between the top speed and the average speed of the train because it says "train travel beyond its average speed before it reaches its maximum speed?" key word being beyond. So simply subtract 162.3 from 186 to get the answer.