Homework Help: Math

Posted by Shanda on Saturday, June 7, 2008 at 3:36pm.

A storm is approaching from the SW at 30 mph and is 7.5 miles away. An officer is 5 miles from the storm and needs to arrive 5 minutes ahead of the storm. How fast does he need to drive to reach the storm 5 minutes ahead?

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