SOLUTION: Question: Bob can travel m miles in h hours on his bicycle. At this rate, how many hours would it take him to travel h miles? Express your answer in terms of m and h.
My attempt
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Question 1068116: Question: Bob can travel m miles in h hours on his bicycle. At this rate, how many hours would it take him to travel h miles? Express your answer in terms of m and h.
My attempt: I tried substituting 4 for m and 2 for h just as an example. I found his speed to be 2 mph. Then to solve the problem I divided h by m. So h/m. Which gave me 1 hour. Can I conclude that the answer is h/m? Thanks in advance!
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Bob's rate is m/h
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let x be the number of hours to travel h miles
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m/h * x = h
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Note rate * time = distance
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mx/h = h
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x = h^2 / m
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