Going 60 mph, the trip would take 1200-mile trip / 60 miles an hour = <<1200/60=20>>20 hours.

Going 50 mph, the trip would take 1200-mile trip / 50 miles an hour = <<1200/50=24>>24 hours.

Melinda’s family would save 24 – 20 = <<24-20=4>>4 hours.

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Melinda is taking a 1200-mile trip with her family to visit their cousins. How much time will they save if they drive 60 miles an hour instead of 50 miles an hour?
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