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Amy left for Chicago at 9:30 a.m. She planned on attending a meeting at 2:30. She traveled 480 miles

and arrived at her destination at 1:30 p.m. What is the ratio of miles traveled to hours?

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Answer:

The answer is 4:480, with the number of hours traveled as the first value, and the second value being the number of miles traveled. If you want to simplify the ratio, divide both sides by 4 to get 1:120, meaning for every hour she traveled, she traveled 120 miles.

Explanation:

To find out how many hours she traveled, count from the time she left to Chicago, until the time she arrived at her destination. 9:30 AM to 1:30 PM is a total of 4 hours. The amount of miles is already given in the question, which is 480. Meaning the ratio of hours traveled to miles traveled is 4:480. To find out how many miles she traveled for every hour, all we have to do is divide the hours traveled to the miles traveled. Then divide the hours traveled to itself. We then have 1:120.

User Guilherme Teubl
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Answer:

1:120

Explanation:

It's 4:480 but simplified is 1:120.

The hours have a difference of 4

The miles is just 480.

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