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If a car covers m miles in h hours, what is the number of miles it covers in one hour?



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A little tricky simple question 03 Sep 2009, 07:10
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If a car covers m miles in h hours, what is the number of miles it covers in one hour?
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Miles covered in 1 hour = m / h :-D
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just to expand with a little bit of an explanation:

general formula: D (distance) = R (rate) x T (time)

you're given:

D (which is equal to m)
T (which is equal to h)

so you can solve for R

m = R x h
R = m/h

now you're asked to find how many miles it covers in one hour
so you make a new D = R x T equation, and fill in the stuff you know

you know R (from above)
you know T (1 hour)
you are solving for D

D = (m/h) x 1
D = m/h miles
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A little tricky simple question 07 Sep 2009, 12:59
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Nicely explained Shadowsjc.....
I'll tell u what, I keep on solving the most difficult of questions with relative ease but then always mess up with such kind of unitary questions.

Here's how i do it so that i dont end up with the reciprocal of the correct answer.
Since i know i am calculating the distance travelled in 1 hour the answer will have to be in miles unit (or any other std of measurement for distance) so the answer will be m/h where miles is in numerator. Had i selected h/m and cross verified with the above method i cud have easile spotted the error as hours would have been in numerator.

This is very crude way to get the ans but then it works for me.



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