Question

Mr. Santos cycled a total of 16 kilometers by making 4 trips to work. After 5 trips to work, how many kilometers will Mr. Santos have cycled in total? 5 Kilometers

Answer 1

According to the information given in the exercise, you know that he cycled a total of of 16 kilometers by making 4 trips to work.

Let be "d" the total amount of kilometers Mr. Santos will have cycled after 5 trips to work.

Based on the above, you can set up the following proportion:

`(16)/(4)=(d)/(5)`

Finally, you must solve for the variable "d" in order to find its value. This is:

`\begin{gathered} 4=(d)/(5) \\ \\ (4)(5)=d \\ d=20 \end{gathered}`

Therefore, the answer is: