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lanette drove 248 miles in 4 hours. at that rate, how many hours will it take her to drive an additional 93 miles.

Respuesta :

[tex]\bf \begin{array}{ccllll} miles&hours\\ \textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash&\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\textendash\\ 248&4\\ 93&x \end{array}\implies \cfrac{248}{93}=\cfrac{4}{x}[/tex]

solve for "x"

Answer:

1.5 hours

Step-by-step explanation:

the rate is

[tex]\frac{248 miles}{ 4 hours}[/tex] = 62 miles /hour

with that rate ,let´s calculate the time

[tex]\frac{Distance}{rate of speed} =time\\time=\frac{93 miles}{\frac{ 62 miles}{hour} } =1.5 hours[/tex]