Question

The distance between two towns is 120 km these are approximately 80 km in 5 miles which measurement is closer to the number of miles between these two towns

Answer 1

7.5 miles

Explanation:

5 miles in 80 km

Total distance = 120 km

120- 80= 40 km

80 km = 5miles

1 km = 5miles/ 80km

120 km = 5/80 * 120 km = 7.5 miles

This is called unitary method. First we find 1 km by dividing the miles with the number of km and then multiply the number of km to find the total number of miles.

Total distance = 120 km

120- 80= 40 km

if there are 5 miles in 80 km then there will be half of the miles in half of the km . So there will be 2.5 miles in 40 km .

So the total number of miles would be

40+80 km= 5+ 2.5 miles

120 km = 7.5 miles