Question

A jet flies 3,360 miles from New York to Paris in about 2.7 hours. About how many hours would the jet take to fly 5,687 miles from Paris to Rio de Janeiro?

Answer 1

you would want to first find the unit rate
2.7 ÷ 3,360 which is .00080357 hours per mile
then multiply
.00080357 × 5,687 which is 4.6 hours

Answer 2

it's takes about 4.6 hours if your rounding it to the nearest tenth