Traveling at 55 mph, how many minutes, rounded to the nearest whole number, does it take to drive 310 miles from Boston to Syracuse?

Verified Answer :

(310 mi)/(55 mph)*(60 min / 1 hr) = 338.181818 . . . .

rounds to 338 minutes

we know that

\(speed=\frac{distance}{time}\)

Solve for the time

\(time=\frac{distance}{speed}\)

in this problem

\(speed=55\frac{miles}{hour} \\ \\ distance=310 miles\)

substitute in the formula above

\(time=\frac{310}{55} \\ \\ time=5.64\ hours\)

convert to minutes

\(5.64*60=338.4\ minutes =338\ minutes\)

therefore

the answer is

\(338\ minutes\)