word problems

Question

Bill can fly 350 miles in 1.5 hours, how far can he travel in hours.

Answer 1

Hi Amanda--

 

Eek! I think you left out the most important part of the question. (How many hours??)

BUT, here's how you would solve it:

350 miles is to 1.5 as "n miles" is to (whatever that number of hours was supposed to be...)

So your proportion is 350/1.5 = n/(whatever number of hours...)

Then you cross multiply, then divide both sides to solve for n.

Good? If you're still fuzzy on this, comment back and tell me specifically what number of hours it was supposed to be. :-)

All best,

Matt in New York