Question

it took addison's family 2 5/12 hours to drive to chicago their drive home took 1 4/5 hours longer because of traffic. write and solve an equation to show how long it took addison's family to drive home

Answer 1

Answer: Time taken to drive home =
`4(13)/(60) hours`

Explanation :

We have given that,

Time taken to drive to Chicago =
`2(5)/(12)hours`

More time taken to drive to home back =
`1(4)/(5) hours`

Total time taken to drive to home back =
`2(5)/(12)+ 1(4)/(5)`

=
`(29)/(12)+(9)/(5)`

=
`(145+108)/(60)`

=
`(253)/(60) hours`

=
`4(13)/(60) hours`

∴ Time taken to drive home back =
`4(13)/(60) hours`