Question

A trip 50 miles out of town takes 45 minutes. If the same person

Answer 1

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We see that it takes 45 minutes for a person to drive 50 miles. We can write this as a fraction that is 45/50, which simplifies to 9/10, meaning it would take this person 9 minutes to travel 10 miles.

So, how long would it take to travel 120? Well, we know that if we take 10 miles and multiply it by 12 we will have 120 miles. If we take the time it takes to drive those ten miles (9 minutes) and multiply it by 12, we will figure out how long it takes to drive 120 miles!

9×12=108

However, we want this to be written in hours. We know that there are 60 minutes in an hour, and if we subtract 60 from 108 we have 48. This gives us 1 hour and 48 minutes.

Therefore, it will take 1 hour and 48 minutes for this person to travel 120 miles at the same rate.

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