Question

The distance from shreveport, louisiana, to jackson, mississippi, is estimated to be 222 miles. if scott drives 65 miles per hour, how long will he need to allow to arrive at his destination? round your answer to the nearest tenth.

Answer 1

Note that distance = rate times time.  Thus, time = distance / rate.

                      222 miles
Here, time = ---------------- = 3.4 hours (to the nearest tenth hour).
                       65 mph