Question

You and your family are driving to the wild animal Park in Escondido California the distance from your house to the park is 528 miles. You hope to get there in 8 hours of driving time. What would be your average driving speed?

Answer 1

66 miles per hour.

Explanation:

Given that:

Distance between house to Wild Animal Park = 528 miles

Expected time to be taken in the travel = 8 hours

To find:

Average speed of the travel = ?

Solution:

First of all, let us have a look at the formula for Average Speed of any travel.

Let
`D` be the total distance traveled in any travel and

`T` be the total time taken in this travel

Then Average Speed,
`S` is given by the formula:

`S = (D)/(T)`

OR

`Average\ Speed = (Total\ Distance\ Traveled)/(Total\ Time\ Taken)`

Here, we are given that:

`D` = 528 miles

`T` = 8 hours

`S = (528)/(8)\\\Rightarrow S = \bold{66\ miles/hr}`

Therefore, the average speed is 66 miles/hr.