A truck travels 205 miles in
3 1/2

hours.
To the nearest tenth, what is the average speed of the delivery truck?
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Respuesta :

avg speed = total distance ÷ total time

205 ÷ 3.5 = 58.571...

round to nearest 10th 58.6 mph
Neuron
If you would like to know the average speed of the delivery truck, you can calculate this using the following steps:

205 miles ... 3 1/2 hours = 7/2 hours
x miles = ? ... 1 hour

205 * 1 = 7/2 * x
205 = 7/2 * x
x = 205 * 2/7
x = 58.6 miles

The correct result would be 58.6 miles per hour.