It is now 3: 15 pm. is it possible to drive 135 miles and arrive before 5: 00 pm if ypu drove 55 mph? explain your answer

Well, how long will it take you to drive 135 miles at 55mph?

at 55 mph, you're doing 55 miles every hour, so we can simply get the quotient of 135/55 and that's how many hours it'll take you to drive 135 miles at that speed.



so, it takes you that long, however, from 3:15 to 5:00pm there are only 45mins + 60mins or 1hr and 45 minutes, namely 1¾ hr.

so 2hrs and 27 minutes is much later than 1¾ hr, so, no dice, you can't arrive at 5pm, actually you'll arrive around 5:42pm.

From 3 pm to 5 pm is 2 hours, so you have less than 2 hours if you start at 3:15.

In two hours at 55 mph, you can drive 2×55 miles = 110 miles. It will take more than 2 hours to drive 135 miles at that speed.

Is it possible? NO
You cannot complete in less than 2 hours a trip that takes more than 2 hours to do.