If you drive 280 miles in 4 hours how many miles is it if you use the car for 6 hours and 30 minutes? I am confused on how u do this
280 / 4 = 70 miles per hour.
6.5 * 70 = ______ miles
455
To find out how many miles you would drive in 6 hours and 30 minutes if you drove at the same rate as driving 280 miles in 4 hours, you can use a proportion.
First, let's set up the proportion:
miles / time = miles / time
We know that you drove 280 miles in 4 hours, so we can fill in the values:
280 miles / 4 hours = miles / 6.5 hours
To solve for the unknown number of miles, we can cross-multiply:
280 miles * 6.5 hours = 4 hours * miles
Multiply the numbers on each side of the equation:
1820 miles = 4 hours * miles
Now, isolate the unknown number of miles by dividing both sides of the equation by 4 hours:
1820 miles / 4 hours = miles
Calculating this division:
455 miles = miles
Therefore, if you drive for 6 hours and 30 minutes at the same rate as driving 280 miles in 4 hours, you would drive a distance of 455 miles.