hello
the car travels 273 miles in 6 hours, how many hours will it take to travel 378 miles.
let the number of unknown hours be represented by x
[tex]\begin{gathered} 273mi=6\text{hrs} \\ 378mi=\text{xhr} \\ \text{cross multiply bith sides} \\ 273\times x=6\times378 \\ 273x=2268 \\ \text{divide both sides by 273} \\ \frac{273x}{273}=\frac{2268}{273} \\ x=8.3076\text{hrs} \end{gathered}[/tex]the car spent approximately 8.31 hours to travel a distance of 378 miles
