Question

Assuming a motorcycle traveled 80 miles in 5 hours at a constant speed, How far did it go in 1 hour?

Answer 1

16 miles in 1 hour

Explanation:

We can use ratios to solve

80 miles x miles

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

5 hours 1 hours

Using cross products

80*1 = 5x

Divide each side by 5

80/5 = 5x/5

16 =x

16 miles in 1 hour

Answer 2

16 miles

Explanation:

We can write the ratio of miles:hours as 80:5 using the given information. Because we want to find the distance of 1 hour, we can divide the ratio by 5 (because 5/5 is 1, and we want 1 on the "right side") which gets us 16:1. This means that the motorcycle traveled 16 miles in one hour. Hope this helps!