Cathy lives in a state where speeders fined $ 10 for each mile per hour over the s speed limit cathy was given a fine for $80for speeding on a road where the speed limit is 50 miles per hour how fast was cathy driving

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Mathematics

Alena Rich

10 March, 18:28

Cathy lives in a state where speeders fined $ 10 for each mile per hour over the s speed limit cathy was given a fine for $80for speeding on a road where the speed limit is 50 miles per hour how fast was cathy driving

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Mckayla Santos · Answer 1

58 miles per hour

Step-by-step explanation:

First you need to divide 80 by 10 to see how many miles she was over the speed limit.

80/10 = 8 miles over the speed limit.

The speed limit was 50, so 50 + 8 = 58 miles.

So Cathy was driving at 58 miles per hour

Paisley Baker · Answer 2

58mph

Step-by-step explanation:

Given:

Each mph over the speed limit gets fined $10

or mathematically, rate of fine = $10/mph

also, total fine was $80.

Number of mph over the speed limit,

= total fine : rate of fine

= $80 : $10/mph

= 8 mph.

Given that the speed limit was 50 mph, Cathy's final speed,

= speed limit + number of mph over speed limit

= 50 + 8

= 58 mph