SOLUTION: A college student pays $280 for a three hour course. How much would he have to pay for a class load of 16 hours? Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar

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Question 252723: A college student pays $280 for a three hour course. How much would he have to pay for a class load of 16 hours? Round your answer to the nearest whole dollar
Answer by drk(1908)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is proportions.
280/ 3 = X / 16
cross multiply to get
3X = 4480
X = 1493.33
To the nearest $, X = $1493.

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