Amelia is traveling from Los Angeles, California, to Mesa, Arizona. The total distance she will drive is 388 miles. Amelia would like to get to Mesa in approximately 7 hours. She is wondering at what speed she will have to travel in order to make that happen. Using the formula d=vt

Question

, rearrange the formula to highlight the quantity of interest.(1 point)
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Answer 1

To find the speed (v) that Amelia needs to travel in order to cover the distance in the desired time, we can rearrange the formula \( d = vt \).

Starting with the original formula:

\[ d = vt \]

We want to solve for \( v \). To do this, we can divide both sides of the equation by \( t \):

\[ v = \frac{d}{t} \]

Now we have \( v \) (the quantity of interest) isolated.

So the rearranged formula highlighting the speed is:

\[ v = \frac{d}{t} \]