You Leave on A $549 - \mathrm { mi }$ Trip in Order to Attend a Meeting That Will Start

question 154

Multiple Choice

You leave on a $549 - \mathrm { mi }$ trip in order to attend a meeting that will start $10.8 \mathrm {~h}$ after you begin your trip. Along the way you plan to stop for dinner. If the fastest you can safely drive is 65 mi/h, what is the longest time you can spend over dinner and still arrive just in time for the meeting?

• A)2.4 h
• B)2.6 h
• C)1.9 h
• D)You can't stop at all.

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