Question

Challenge If you travel 55 miles per hour, how many minutes will it take you to travel 1 mile?

Short answer

It will take me 1.09 minutesto travel 1 mile.

Step-by-step solution

. Given

The given speed is 55 miles per hour.

. To determine

We have to find the time required in minutes to travel 1 mile.

. Calculation 

We knowspeed =$\frac{\text{distance}}{\text{time}}$

Given that, to travel 55 miles, time required is 1 hour.

So, Speed =$\frac{55}{60}$

Given, distance = 1 mile

The time required to travel 1 mile is,

Time =$\frac{\text{distance}}{\text{speed}}$

$\begin{array}{c}\text{Time}=\frac{1}{\frac{50}{60}}\\ =\frac{60}{50}\\ =1.09\end{array}$

So, it will take me 1.09 minutesto travel 1 mile.