Jasmine is traveling at 45 miles per hour. At that same rate, which of the following proportions could be used to find how long it will take her to travel 135 miles?

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Answer:


Step-by-step explanation:

If you can travle 45 miles in one hour

Divide 135 by 45 and that will give you a number

That number will then be the time

At that same rate, it will take 3 hours to travel 135 miles

Given

Jasmine is traveling at 45 miles per hour.

Ratio and proportion;

When two ratios are equal in value, then they are said to be in proportion.

Let, the time taken to travel 135 miles be x.

The time taken to travel 45 miles is equal to 1 hour.

Then,

The taken to travel 135 miles is;

[tex]\rm \dfrac{45}{1}=\dfrac{135}{x}\\\\45 \times x=135 \times 1\\\\45x=135\\\\x=\dfrac{135}{45}\\\\x=3 \ hours[/tex]

Hence, at that same rate, it will take 3 hours to travel 135 miles.

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