SOLUTION: A trip will take Jason 2.4 hours driving 55 miles per hour. How long would it take him to get there if he drove 40 miles per hour? (When I tried solving this I got 1.745 repeating.

Question 1012147: A trip will take Jason 2.4 hours driving 55 miles per hour. How long would it take him to get there if he drove 40 miles per hour? (When I tried solving this I got 1.745 repeating. It doesnt look right seeming that it should take him longer since hes going slower. Please help.
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, MathTherapy:
Answer by ikleyn(52756) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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From the first part of the condition, the distance is

2.4*55 = 132 miles.

From the second part,the time is

= 3.3 hours = 3 hours 18 minutes.

Answer by MathTherapy(10549) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

A trip will take Jason 2.4 hours driving 55 miles per hour. How long would it take him to get there if he drove 40 miles per hour? (When I tried solving this I got 1.745 repeating. It doesnt look right seeming that it should take him longer since hes going slower. Please help.

That's because you're using DIRECT variation. , which means that time varies INVERSELY with speed. If you remember that, and
work the problem out, you'll see that the distance is: 2.4 * 55, and that the time taken would be: , or hours
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