The distance from UC Berkeley, near San Francisco, to UC San Diego is 482 miles. If someone drives at an average of 60 mph, how long will it take them to drive the distance between the two schools?

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The distance from  UC Berkeley, near San Francisco, to UC San Diego is 482 miles. If someone drives at an average of 60 mph, how long will it take them to drive the distance between the two schools?

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To solve problems about travel time: Distance = Rate • Time. We want to solve for time, so we rearrange the equation to isolate that variable. Time = ^Distance/_Rate Then we plug in our values: Time = ^Distance/_Rate = ^{482 miles}/_{60 mph} ^{482 miles}/_{60 mph} = 8.0333 hours Since 8.0333 rounded to the nearest tenth would be 8.0, we can round 8.0333 to 8 for the final answer.

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