SOLUTION: Katie's environmental club has bolunteered to clean up a section of highway. They can clean up to about one mile of highway in 6 hours. If they work 8 hours a day, how many days wi

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Question 602349: Katie's environmental club has bolunteered to clean up a section of highway. They can clean up to about one mile of highway in 6 hours. If they work 8 hours a day, how many days will it take them to clean up 12 miles of highway
Answer by asuar010(338) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
we set up proportions and we get 1/6=12/x so x = 48 hrs so it will take them 2 days