SOLUTION: Set up a proporation and then solve:
A boat travels 40 miles in 1.8 hours. if it travels at the same rate, how long will it take for it to travel 140 miles?
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Question 799780: Set up a proporation and then solve:
A boat travels 40 miles in 1.8 hours. if it travels at the same rate, how long will it take for it to travel 140 miles?
Answer by rfer(16322) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1.8/40=x/140
40x=140*1.8
40x=252
x=252/40
x=6.3 hrs
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