Question

A bus travels the 240 miles from Boston to New York. It departs at 11:00 a.m. and arrives in New York at 3:00 p.m. What is the average speed of this bus?

Answer 1

Answer: 60miles/hours

Explanation:

From the question, a bus travels the 240 miles from Boston to New York and the bus departs at 11:00 a.m. and arrives in New York at 3:00 p.m. The time taken by the bus is (3:00pm - 11:00am) = 4 hours.

Average speed = Distance/Time

Average speed =240miles/4 hours

Average speed= 60miles/hours

The the average speed of this bus is 60miles/hour.