Question

Liza is driving to her sister's house 360 miles away. After 4 hours, Liza is 2 3 of the way there.

Answer 1

Liza is driving to her sister's house 360 miles away. After 4 hours, Liza is 2/3 of the way there.   How many more hours  does Liza have to drive?

Answer:

Liza need to drive 2 more hours to reach her sister house

Solution:

Given that Liza is driving to her sister's house 360 miles away

So total distance = 360 miles

After 4 hours, Liza is 2/3 of the way there.

$\frac{2}{3} r d \text { of total distance }=\frac{2}{3} \times 360=240$

So Liza has covered 240 miles in 4 hours

Let us find the speed

The relation between distance and speed is given as:

$speed = \frac{distance}{time}$

$speed = \frac{240}{4} = 60$

Thus speed = 60 miles per hour

Assuming speed is same throughout the journey, let us calculate the time taken to complete remaining distance

Remaining distance = 360 - 240 = 120 miles

Now distance = 120 miles and speed = 60 miles per hour

$time taken = \frac{distance}{speed}\\\\time taken = \frac{120}{60} = 2$

Thus Liza need to drive 2 more hours to reach her sister house