Question

Mr. Anderson drove 168 miles in 3.5 hours. He then drove the next 2.25 hours at a rate of 5 miles an hour faster than the first rate. How many miles did Mr. Anderson drive during the 5.75 hours?

Answer 1

1. Mr. Anderson drove 168 miles in 3.5 hours. Distance here is 168 miles.
2. He drove for 2.25 at a rate of 5miles/hour. The speed here is 5miles/hour.

Since we are looking for distance, we have to convert the 2nd part (which is the speed) to dostance.

Distance = speed x time

Distance = 5 x 2.25 = 11.25

In the first part, he drove for 3.5 hours. And in the 2nd part, he drove for 2.25 hours which sum up together to be 5.75 hours.

Since we have the distances for both parts now, we just sum it up

which it 168 + 11.25 = 179.25 miles

I hope this is good