Question

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For your job, you often fly between Seattle and Miami. The distance between these cities is 2,724 miles. You earn a free flight after you accumulate 25,000 miles of travel. How many round trips (back and forth) mus!

you make between Seattle and Miami in order to earn a free flight?

b. 5

c. 8

d. 9

e. 10

Answer 5

Answer 1

b

Explanation:

one trip = 2724 miles

one round trip = 2 trips = 2724 * 2 = 5448 miles

We want to see how many round trips go into the miles needed for a free flight. We want to see how many times 5448 goes into 25000. To do this, we can use division.

25000/5448 ≈ 4.6

If we only have 4 round trips, it will not be enough for 4.6, so we will not be able to obtain a free flight. If we have 5, we will be able to, as 5 > 4.6