Question

A giant tortoise can travel 0.11 miles in 1 hour. At this rate, how long would it take the tortoise to travel 3 miles?

Answer 1

27.27 hours

Explanation:

You need to set up a proportion. I did distance over time.

`(.11 mi )/(1 hr) = (3 mi)/(x hr)`

Cross multiply

.11x = 3

Divide by .11

x = 27.27

Answer 2

about 27.27 hours.

Explanation:

If it can travel 0.11 miles in 1 hour, we need to divide 3 miles by 0.11 miles to get the number of hours it would take to travel 3 miles. 3/0.11 is 27.27 repeating.

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