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Ursula likes to kayak. She uses the equation y=4x to calculate how far she has traveled, where y represents the number of miles traveled, and x represents the number of hours spent kayaking. How many hours
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Ursula likes to kayak. She uses the equation y=4x to calculate how far she has traveled, where y represents the number of miles traveled, and x represents the number of hours spent kayaking.

How many hours must Ursula kayak to travel 10.4 miles?

User Oleksandr Holubenko
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Answer: 2.6 hours

Y = 4x

Given: y = 10.4

10.4 = 4x

Rearrange

4x = 10.4

x = 10.4/4 = 2.6 hours

(The below part might not be needed)

0.6 x 60 = 36 min

2 hr 36 min
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Hopefully this helps you get how to set up these types of problems
Ursula likes to kayak. She uses the equation y=4x to calculate how far she has traveled-example-1
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