Question 7 Bruce and his family drove 260 miles in 4 hours. If they kept the same speed, how far would they travel in 6 hours?

Answer 1

To find the distance they would travel in 6 hours, we can set up a proportion using the information given.

Let x be the distance they would travel in 6 hours.

We know that the distance they traveled in 4 hours was 260 miles.

So the proportion is 4/260 = 6/x.

To solve for x, we can cross-multiply: 4x = 6 * 260.

Simplifying the right side of the equation gives 4x = 1560.

Dividing both sides by 4 gives x = 1560 / 4.

Simplifying further gives x = 390.

Therefore, they would travel 390 miles in 6 hours. Answer: \boxed{390}.