Let's read and analyze the problem step by step.
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Read and Understand the Problem: Kara drove home from college at an average speed of 65 miles per hour, and it took her 4.5 hours to get home. We need to determine the distance from her college to her home.
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Distance Formula: Distance = Speed x Time
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Finding the Appropriate Operation: The appropriate operation for this problem is multiplication.
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Calculation of Distance: \[ \text{Distance} = 65 \text{ miles/hour} \times 4.5 \text{ hours} = 292.5 \text{ miles} \]
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Final Statement: The answer is 292.5 miles.
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Method to Check: To check, we can divide the distance by the speed to ensure that it gives us the time: \[ \text{Time} = \frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Speed}} = \frac{292.5 \text{ miles}}{65 \text{ miles/hour}} = 4.5 \text{ hours} \] This confirms that our calculation is correct.
So the completed statement would look like this:
Read and understand the problem.
Distance = Speed x Time
The appropriate operation for this problem will be multiplication.
The answer is 292.5 miles.
Check by dividing the distance by speed to verify time.