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=vtd=vt, rearrange the formula to highlight the quantity of interest.(1 point)

Question

v= __/__

Answer 1

To highlight the quantity of interest (which is speed, v) from the formula \( d = v \cdot t \), we want to solve for \( v \).

Starting with the formula:

\[ d = v \cdot t \]

To isolate \( v \), we can rearrange the equation by dividing both sides by \( t \):

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

So, the rearranged formula highlighting the quantity of interest is:

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

Where \( d \) is distance and \( t \) is time.