SOLUTION: A hiker covers 18 km in 2 hours. How far will he go in 6 hours?

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Question 1044792: A hiker covers 18 km in 2 hours. How far will he go in 6 hours?

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Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source):
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This is a proportion problem:
18 km/2 hours=x km/6 hours. Keep the units in the same relationship on both sides
Cross-multiply
6*18=2*x
2x=108
x=54 km.
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18 km in 2 hours is 9 km per hour
9 km/hr*6 hrs.=54 km.

Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source):
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If something travels units of distance in units of time, then the speed, , is distance units per time unit. The distance traveled at distance units per time unit for time units is given by distance units.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it