Aplane flew at a constant speed and traveled 762 miles in 5 hours. how many miles would the plane travel in 3 hours at the same speed?

ANSWER

The plane will travel


in 3 hours.

EXPLANATION

It was given that, the plane traveled at a constant speed and covered 762 miles in 5 hours.

So we can write the ratio,


Let

be the distance covered by the plane in 3 hours at the same speed.

Then we can again write the ratio,



We can now write the proportional relation,



We rewrite the ratios as fractions to obtain,



We cross multiply to get,



We divide both sides by 5 to get,




This simplifies to,