You are riding your bike. At 8:00am you have ridden your bike 23 miles. By 9:00pm you have ridden 179 miles. Find the rate of change in miles per hour. If needed, round your answer to the nearest whole number.

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Answer:

12 miles/hour

Step-by-step explanation:

8am to 9pm = 13 hours

in that time we were driving 179-23 = 156 miles.

so, our speed was 156 miles / 13 hours.

now simplify it to our standard miles/hour format :

156/13 = 12

therefore, or standardized speed was

12 miles/hour