Carcass wrote:
If Albert can travel 200 miles in 4 hours, how many hours will it take Albert, traveling at the same constant rate, to travel 350 miles?
A. 5
B. 6
C. 7
D. 8
E. 10
Kudos for the right answer and explanation
A few options here.
One approach is to use
equivalent ratiosLet
t = time to travel 350 miles
Our ratio is
distance traveled/
timeWe get:
200/
4 =
350/
tCross multiply to get: (200)(t) = (4)(350)
Simplify: 200t = 1400
Solve: t = 7 hours
Answer: C