Question

A race car driver won a 700 mile race with a speed of 155.5 miles per hour. Find drivers time?

Answer 1

It takes the driver approximately 271 minutes or 4 hours 31 minutes to travel 700 miles

Explanation:

We can think of it as:

`155.5 "miles"=60 "minutes"`
`700 "miles"= x "minutes"`

`x=(700times60)/155.5=270'6'`

Therefore, it takes the driver approximately 271 minutes or 4 hours 31 minutes to travel 700 miles

Answer 2

A little bit more than `4` hours and `30` minutes.

Explanation:

Time is related through distance and speed by:

`t=d/v`

where:

• `d` is the total distance traveled

• `v` is the velocity of the object

So, we get:

`t=(700color(red)cancelcolor(black)"mi")/(155.5color(red)cancelcolor(black)"mi""/h")`

`~~4.5 \ "h"`

`~~270 \ "minutes"`

Note that the real answer is a little bit more than that, and my answer will not be applicable in a real racing competition, as every second, or even MILLISECOND counts!