A Car That Was Being Pursued by the Police Was $( t = 0 )$

question 40

Multiple Choice

A car that was being pursued by the police was at Jones Beach at exactly 7:57 p.m. $( t = 0 )$ , and passed Oak Beach (13 miles from Jones Beach) at exactly 8:06 p.m.,where it was overtaken by the police. How fast, in miles per minute, was the car traveling (Round your answer to the nearest tenth.)

• A) \(2.2 \frac { \text { miles } } { \mathrm { min } }\)
• B) \(1.0 \frac { \text { miles } } { \mathrm { min } }\)
• C) \(1.3 \frac { \text { miles } } { \min }\)
• D) \(1.4 \frac { \text { miles } } { \mathrm { min } }\)
• E) \(2.2 \frac { \text { miles } } { \mathrm { min } }\).

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