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Imagine that you took a road trip. Based on the information in the table, what was the average speed of your car?

Time Mile marker

3:00 pm 11

8:00 pm 205

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JcAlmighty

The answer is 38.8

The average speed (v) is the change in distances (d1 and d2) divided by the change of time (t1 and t2):
\(v = \frac{d2 - d1}{t2 - t1}\)

We have: 
d1 = 11 
d2 = 205
t1 = 3
t2 = 8

\(v = \frac{205 - 11}{8 - 3} = \frac{194}{5} =38.8\)