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A bus driver drove her bus for 5 miles. She drove that distance in a total of 30 minutes. What was the truck driver's average speed?


a
150 miles/minute
b
0.17 miles/minute
c
6 miles/minute

Respuesta :

Answer:

[tex]\mathrm{b.\:}0.17\:\mathrm{miles/minute}[/tex]

Explanation:

Average speed is given by [tex]S=\frac{d}{t}[/tex] where [tex]d[/tex] is total distance and [tex]t[/tex] is time.

Plugging in given values, we get:

[tex]S=\frac{5\:\mathrm{miles}}{30\:\mathrm{minutes}}=\fbox{$\mathrm{b.\:}0.17\:\mathrm{miles/minute}$}[/tex].

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