It is about 462 miles from West Point to Williamsburg. It took Washington and his troops a month to travel that distance. Averaging 55 miles an hour, how long would it take to drive that far today?

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Answer: 8.4

Step-by-step explanation:

you divide 462 by 55 and get 8.4

The time taken to travel from West Point to Williamsburg at the rate of 55mi/hr would be 8 hours 24 minutes

When Washington marched through that road, the fastest means of transportation was a horse and all the troops can't ride on a horse at the same time, hence they had to march through swampy roads or face the brunt of the weather. In modern times, we have several means of transportation and in respect to this question, I would assume the means of transportation here is a car.

Car

This is a vehicle that moves on 4 wheels through powered by an engine and it uses PMS and other crude oil derivatives in it's day to day activities

Calculation

To solve this problem, we have to bring out the data given, which are;

  • Distance (s) = 462 mi
  • Speed (v) = 55 mi/h

But we don't know the time taken and we can use the formula to solve our problem

[tex]Speed = \frac{distance}{time}[/tex]

Let's make time the subject of formula and solve for it.

[tex]T = \frac{s}{v}\\T = \frac{462}{55}\\T= 8.4[/tex]

The time taken to travel from West point to Williamsburg is 8 hours 24 minutes

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