Question

Bob is on his way home in his car. His drive is 16 miles long. He has finished one-fourth of the drive so far. How far has he driven?

Answer 1

Answer:

He has driven 16 miles so far

Step-by-step explanation:

The unknown in your equation is the total length of Trey's drive, which we will call "x".

From the problem statement, you know that 12 is three-fourths of x so set up the following equation and solve for "x":

3/4(x) = 12

multiply both sides of the equation by 4/3 to isolate "x":

(4/3)(3/4)(x) = (12)(4/3)

therefore

x = (12)(4)/(3) = 16