387,686 views
10 votes
10 votes
When Emilio drives his truck, the miles are varied directly with the

months, when he drives 15,000 miles on his truck in a two month period,
how many months will it take to drive 300,000 miles?

User Nicholas Sushkin
by
2.6k points

1 Answer

20 votes
20 votes

Answer:

40 months

Explanation:

Since it takes him 2 months to drive 15,000 miles

He drives 7,500 miles/month (15,000 miles / 2months)

Dividing the total distance by his speed yields the time it takes to drive that distance

300,000 miles / 7,500 miles/month = 40 months

User Narvalex
by
2.5k points