Question

A pickup truck traveling 45 miles in 1.2 hours. what is the average speed of the truck in miles per hour

Answer 1

Speed is distance over time, or $Speed=\frac{distance}{time}$
Plug in the distance and time it took to get;
$speed=\frac{distance}{time}=\frac{45~miles}{1.2~hours}\\Speed=37.5mph$
The average speed of the pickup is 37.5 mph.