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If a plane travels at a speed of 400 miles per hour, how many hours will it take to travel 3000 miles?

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7.5 hours to go 3000 miles
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This can be set as a simple ratio problem. If the plane is traveling 400 miles in 1 hour, then we can find out how many hours it takes to travel 3,000 miles by doing 3,000/400. This gives us an answer of 7.5 hours to go 3,000 miles.

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