SOLUTION: The distance traveled by a car traveling at a constant speed is directly proportional to the time spent traveling. If the car went 910 miles in 13 hours, how far will it go in 14 h

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Question 1202575: The distance traveled by a car traveling at a constant speed is directly proportional to the time spent traveling. If the car went 910 miles in 13 hours, how far will it go in 14 hours?
Found 2 solutions by mananth, josgarithmetic:
Answer by mananth(16946) About Me  (Show Source):
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direct varation
13 hours -910
14 hours ?
(14/13) * 910 = 980 miles

Answer by josgarithmetic(39618) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
That variation or proportionality constant is called speed.

Question was, how far in 14 hours.

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If you are required, you can go like this:
d, distance traveled
t, time spent traveling
k, proportionality constant,
d=kt
and use that...