sam ran 63,756 feet in 70 minutes what is sams rate in miles per hour? (there are 5,280 feet in one mile)

Divide total feet by feet in a mile:

63,756/5280 = 12.075 miles

Divide 70 minutes by 60 minutes per hour:

70/60 = 1.166666 hours( round to 1.17)

Miles per hour = total miles/ total hours:

12.075/1.17 = 10.32 miles per hour

x is the total time in minutes for the free response

you are given number of questions as 15 - m and time per item as 8 minutes

to find x multiply the two givens together:

x = 8 * (15-m) = 8(15-m)