SOLUTION: If I travel at 280 mph, how long does 8 miles take? I can't seem to get my head around how to work out the equation!

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Question 825508: If I travel at 280 mph, how long does 8 miles take? I can't seem to get my head around how to work out the equation!
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621) About Me  (Show Source):
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The description is proportion.
280%2Amiles%2F%281%2Ahour%29=8%2Amiles%2F%28t%2Ahours%29
Find t.

A ratio like that will force t to be much smaller than 1 hour. You might want to convert the result into minutes (yet another proportion).