SOLUTION: A trip to St. Louis from Atlanta will take 73⁄4 hours. Assuming you're two-thirds of the way there, how much longer, in hours, will the trip take?

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Question 1118306: A trip to St. Louis from Atlanta will take 73⁄4 hours. Assuming you're two-thirds of the way there, how much longer, in hours, will the trip take?


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A trip to St. Louis from Atlanta will take 73⁄4 hours.
Assuming you're two-thirds of the way there, how much longer, in hours, will the trip take?
:
let t = time to complete the journey
2/3 completed, 1/3 left
t = 1%2F3 * 73%2F4
t = 73%2F12 or 6.0833 hrs