if I were traveling 15 miles at 13 miles per hour how long will it take.

rich
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Hi Rich,

Clearly it will take a little more than an hour since you only go 13 miles in an hour.

Going at 13 miles per hour it takes you  1/13th of a an hour to travel 1 mile. At this rate it takes  1/13 x 15 hours to go 15 miles.  1/13 x 15 = 1.15 or 1 hour and 9 minutes.

Cheers,
Penny
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