Question

Trip Your family drives 150 miles to an amusement park at an average speed of 50 miles per hour. How long does the trip take?

Short answer

It takes 3 hours to complete the trip

Step-by-step solution

Step-1- Writing formula from given information

Let time taken be $t$.

We know that,

Distance = Speed $\times$ time.

Step-2- Substituting values from given information

On substituting values in the above formula, it gives,

$\begin{array}{c}150=50\times t\\ 150=50t\end{array}$

Dividing both sides by 50 gives,

$\begin{array}{c}\frac{150}{50}=\frac{50\times t}{50}\\ t=\frac{150}{50}\\ t=3\end{array}$

Step-3- Conclusion

Therefore, it takes 3 hours to complete the trip.