Distance traveled 342 miles with an average speed of 40 mph. what is the travel time of the trip?

The travel time of the trip is 8.55 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

The average speed of an object is calculated using the following formula:

Where is the total distance traveled by the object and t is the time it took the object to travel that distance.

So we know that:

Therefore:

8 hours and 33 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

you can set up a ratio, cross multiply, and divide.

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