Answer:
The car was traveling at an average speed of 45.3 miles per hour.
Step-by-step explanation:
We need to figure out how many minutes are in 2/3 of a hour. If we divide 60 minutes by 3 we get 20 minutes, so 2/3 of 60 minutes is (20 minutes x 2) 40 minutes.
We now know that the car traveled 30.2 miles in 40 minutes. We want to know if it traveled for 60 minutes, what would the average speed be. The ratio will be the same, so we want to solve for x (miles):
30.2/40=x/60
We then cross multiply:
30.2x60=40(x)
1,812=40(x)
Divide each side by 40
1,812/40 = x
x=45.3
