SOLUTION: During a car trip you traveled 65 miles in one hour.predict how many miles you will travel after 3 hours

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Question 209224: During a car trip you traveled 65 miles in one hour.predict how many miles you will travel after 3 hours
Found 2 solutions by checkley77, MathTherapy:
Answer by checkley77(12844) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
1/65=3/x
x=65*3
x=195 miles will be traveled in three hours.

Answer by MathTherapy(10553) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
During a car trip you traveled 65 miles in one hour.predict how many miles you will travel after 3 hours

Since a speed of 65 mph is halfway between 60 and 70, and since I'm looking to PREDICT how many miles I will travel after 3 hours, then I CAN PREDICT that I will have travelled highlight_green%28between_180%29 (60 * 3) miles, and highlight_green%28210%29 (70 * 3) miles after 3 hours.