Question

On hiking trip,Lavinia notices that she hikes about 12 kilometers every 4 hours. If she continues at this rate,use a ratio table to determine how many kilometers she could hike in 6 hours

Answer 1

Answer : She will hike about 18 kilometers in 6 hours .

Explanation :

Since we have given that

on every 4 hours , she hikes about 12 kilometers

$\text{on every 1 hour, she hikes about }\frac{12}{4}\text{ kilometers}$

$i.e. 3\text{ kilometers}$

$\text{So , every 6 hours, she hikes about =}6\times 3\text{kilometers}=18\texr{ kilometers$

Hence, she will hike about 18 kilometers in 6 hours .