Question

A car travels 1/6 of the distance between two cities in 3/5 of an hour. At this rate, what fraction of the distance between the two cities can the car travel in 1 hour?

Answer 1

@Hero

Answer 2

@nikkixmarie how much is 3/5 of an hour?

Answer 3

36 mins

Answer 4

Okay, so this is a proportion. Do you know what that is?

Answer 5

yes

Answer 6

Would you like to try setting it up?

Answer 7

idk how to start it

Answer 8

\(\dfrac{1/6}{x} = \dfrac{36}{60}\)

Answer 9

so do i divide 36/60

Answer 10

Yes, 36/60 can be reduced.

Answer 11

3/5

Answer 12

Okay so now you have
\(\dfrac{1/6}{x} = \dfrac{3}{5}\)

Answer 13

Now what do we do?

Answer 14

find x i think?

Answer 15

Correct.

Answer 16

idk how...

Answer 17

wait no 5/18

Answer 18

Good. That's the correct answer.

Answer 19

ok thank you