During a test drive, a self-driving car travels a distance of 50 miles in 80 minutes. How many miles will the car travel after 240
minutes?
First, we need to find the car's speed in miles per minute. We can do this by dividing the distance traveled by the time taken:
Speed = Distance / Time = 50 miles / 80 minutes
Now, divide the distance traveled after 240 minutes by the car's speed in miles per minute:
Distance = Speed * Time = (50 miles / 80 minutes) * 240 minutes
Simplifying this expression:
Distance = 15 miles/minute * 240 minutes
Distance = 3600 miles
Therefore, the car will travel 3600 miles after 240 minutes.
To find out how many miles the self-driving car will travel after 240 minutes, we need to calculate the car's speed in miles per minute and then multiply it by the desired time.
First, let's calculate the car's speed in miles per minute. We can do this by dividing the distance traveled by the time taken. In this case, the car traveled 50 miles in 80 minutes.
Speed = Distance / Time
Speed = 50 miles / 80 minutes
To simplify the calculation, we can reduce the fraction by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 10:
Speed = 5 miles / 8 minutes
Now, we can calculate the car's speed in miles per minute:
Speed = 0.625 miles / 1 minute
The car's speed is 0.625 miles per minute.
Next, we multiply the car's speed by the desired time of 240 minutes to find out how many miles the car will travel:
Distance = Speed x Time
Distance = 0.625 miles/minute x 240 minutes
To multiply decimals, we can ignore the decimal point and multiply the numbers as if they were whole numbers:
Distance = 625 miles/1000 minutes x 240 minutes
Now, we can simplify the calculation by canceling out the units and reducing the fraction:
Distance = 625 miles / 1000 x 240
Distance = 625 x 240 / 1000
Distance = 150,000 / 1000
Distance = 150 miles
Therefore, the self-driving car will travel a distance of 150 miles after 240 minutes.
To find out how many miles the car will travel after 240 minutes, we can use the information given: the car traveled 50 miles in 80 minutes.
First, let's calculate the car's speed:
Speed = Distance / Time
Speed = 50 miles / 80 minutes
Let's convert minutes to hours since the unit of the speed will be in miles per hour:
Speed = 50 miles / (80 minutes / 60 minutes per hour)
Speed = 50 miles / (4/3 hours)
Speed = 50 miles * (3/4 hours)
Speed = 150/4 miles per hour
Speed = 37.5 miles per hour
Now that we know the car's speed, we can calculate the distance it will travel in 240 minutes:
Distance = Speed * Time
Distance = 37.5 miles/hour * 240 minutes / 60 minutes per hour
Distance = 150 miles
Therefore, the self-driving car will travel 150 miles after 240 minutes.