If it takes two hours to travel 30 miles by bike, it means that the average speed / (the average rate) is= 15 miles per hour. If the rate remains the same, then the time to travel 105 miles is = 7 hours. ANSWER Or, alternatively, you may write a proportion = (which is in both scenarios) and find x from there. You will get the same answer. Notice that the proportion expresses the fact that the average rate remains the same.