problem: At 50 miles per hour, how far would a car travel in $2\frac{3}{4}$ hours? Express your answer as a mixed number.
solution: In two hours, a car traveling at $50$ mph would travel $50$ mph $\times 2$ hours $= 100$ miles. Now we find how far a car can travel in $3/4$ of an hour which is $50$ mph $\times \frac{3}{4}$ hours $ = \frac{150}{4} = 37 \frac{1}{2}$ miles. Thus, the car would travel a total of $100 + 37 \frac{1}{2}= \boxed{137 \frac{1}{2}}$ miles.