Problema Solution
Dontrell's toy race car travels at 1.5 feet per second.Dontrell ran his race car for 35 minutes last Saturday.There are 60 seconds in one minute.How far did Dontrell's car travel last Saturday?
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v = 1.5 ft/s is the average rate
t = 35 min = 35*60 s is the time of the travel
d = the distance
Since v = d/t follows d = v*t:
d = 1.5*35*60
d = 3,150 ft
Dontrell's car traveled 3,150 feet last Saturday.