Question

The distance between Harvard and California institute of technology is 2766 miles. Determine the average speed (in miles per hour) of someone who took 42.5 hours to drive from harvard to California institute.

(Round to the nearest whole number. Do not include units)

Answer 1

The distance between Harvard and California institute of technology is 2766 miles .

someone drives 42.5 hours from Harvard to California institute.

We know that ,

AVARAGE SPEED = ( TOTAL DISTANCE/TOTAL TIME)

here , total distance = 2766 miles .

total time = 42.5 hours

So avarage speed = total distance / total time

= 2766/42.5 miles/hour

= 65 ( approx) as mentioned in the question , unit is not given and avarage speed is in whole number.

Answer : Avarage speed is 65 .