Question

A car travels 273 miles in 6 hours. How muchtime will it take traveling 378 miles

Answer 1

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the car travels 273 miles in 6 hours, how many hours will it take to travel 378 miles.

let the number of unknown hours be represented by x

`\begin{gathered} 273mi=6\text{hrs} \\ 378mi=\text{xhr} \\ \text{cross multiply bith sides} \\ 273* x=6*378 \\ 273x=2268 \\ \text{divide both sides by 273} \\ (273x)/(273)=(2268)/(273) \\ x=8.3076\text{hrs} \end{gathered}`

the car spent approximately 8.31 hours to travel a distance of 378 miles