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Question from Susann: How long will it take to go 1 mile at 80 mph? |
Susann,
If you go 80 miles in one hour then you go one mile in one-eightieth of an hour. Thus it takes 1/80 hours to go one mile. You can convert to a decimal and say that you go one mile in 0.0125 hours but it is probably to give the time in minutes. There are 60 minutes in 1 hour so how many minutes are in 1/80 of an hour?
Penny
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