Question

Michael drove 754 miles in 13 hours. At the same rate, how many miles would he drive in 8 hours?

Answer 1

Divide the mileage by the hours. That will be the answer. And to check your work multiply the answer by the hours, and that should amount of the mileage.

Answer 2

dividing 754 by 13 will give you the distance per hour
you then have to multiply by 8

or

use a simple ratio:
x/8 = 754/13
x = 8*754/13 =......

notice I performed the same steps as above