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27 miles is 3 times as far as 9 miles (27/9=3), so it takes 3 times as long
__ 24*3=72

let x=time for 27 miles __ the distance is PROPORTIONAL to the time

9/24=27/x __ "cross" multiplying __ 9x=27*24 __ dividing by 9 __ x=3*24 __ x=72

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Set up a ratio.
9 miles is to 24 minutes as 27 miles is to X minutes.
Mathematically it would look like this,



It would take 72 minutes to go 24 miles.