Michael is riding his bike on a bike trail. In 2 hours he has biked 4/5 of the total distance of the bike trail. He wants to know how long the total bike trail will take him to travel completely. At this rate, what is the total time it will take him to complete the entire bike trail?(1 point)

Responses

24/5
hours
2 and 4 fifths hours

2 1/2
hours
2 and 1 half hours

2/5
hour
2 fifths hour

1 3/5
hours

1 answer

To find out how long it will take Michael to ride the entire bike trail, we can set up a proportion based on the information provided.

Michael has traveled \( \frac{4}{5} \) of the total distance in 2 hours.

Let \( T \) be the total time it takes Michael to travel the entire distance. Then we can set up the following equation based on the proportion of distance traveled:

\[ \frac{4}{5}T = 2 \text{ hours} \]

To find \( T \), we can solve for it:

Multiply both sides by \( \frac{5}{4} \):

\[ T = 2 \times \frac{5}{4} = \frac{10}{4} = \frac{5}{2} \text{ hours} \]

The fraction \( \frac{5}{2} \) hours is equivalent to 2 and a half hours, or \( 2 \frac{1}{2} \) hours.

So the answer is:

2 and 1 half hours