Question

The jones family drive 200 miles in 5 hours. The grant family drives 360 miles in 6 hours. Compare the car trips. Assume they both traveled at a constant rate

Answer 1

In this question, we're comparing the two car trips that were give to us.

We know that the Jones family drove 200 miles in 5 hours

We also know that the Grant family drove 360 miles in 6 hours.

Lets see how many miles each family drives in 1 hour

Jones Family:

200 ÷ 5 = 40 mph

Grant Family:

360 ÷ 6 = 60 mph

We see that the Grant family travels more per hour than the Jones family.

This means that our comparison between the two car trips is that the Grant Family is going faster.