Question

Every hour is 65 miles so how long does it take the car to travel 26 miles at this speed?

Answer 1

.4 hours or 24 minutes

Explanation:

We can use proprtions to solve this problem. Put distance over time

65 miles 26 miles

------------- = -----------

1 hour x hours

Using cross products

65x = 26

Divide by 65

65x/65 = 26/65

x = .4 hours

or we can change to minutes

.4 hours * 60 minutes/ 1 hour = 24 minutes