Question

On a field trip Kayla's school bus travels 120 miles in 3 hours. How far did it go in 2 hours? A) 40 miles B) 60 miles C) 80 miles D) 160 miles

Answer 1

it is A. 40 miles............................because 3 times 40 is 120 so that means 120 miles in to 3 hours equals 40 miles. Glad to help

Answer 2

The correct answer is option C) 80.

Explanation:

We must start by analyzing the information we have.

We know that the school bus travels 120 miles in 3 hours.

Now we must find out how many miles he traveled in 2 hours.

Having 3 of 4 incognitas, the most convenient thing is to do a cross-multiplication.

So:

if 3 hours ---- 120 miles

2 hours ----- x miles

3.x = 120 .2

Now we just have to solve the equation:

3x = 120.2

3x = 240

x = 240: 3

x = 80

In this way we can verify that the correct answer is option C.