word problem

[Guest]

there is a car fire at an intersection of May and June. This intersection is four miles away from the local fire house. Due to rush hour traffic, the fire truck is only able to travel an average of 12mph. What is the minimum amout of time it will take the fire truck to reach the car fire?

 

[Denis]

What is your problem with that, Carl?

If you're travelling 3 hours and cover a distance of 240 miles,
what average speed were you travelling at?

 

[wjm11]

Hi, Carl,

Are you giving us all the information? Are there coordinates associated with the intersection and the firehouse? Do we have to travel in one direction, then make a turn to get to the desired intersection (forming a triangle?)?

 

[soroban]

The fire is at the intersection of two months . . . interesting.

The fire truck must drive in the direction of Summer and turn left at Thursday.