Answer:
15) The ratio of hours to miles is 1 hour to 75 miles; 1/75
16) They will have traveled 900 miles.
17) It will take them around 9 hours.
Step-by-step explanation:
15) Finding the unit rate of the trend (which in this case I considered to be line) can be done by finding the slope and simplifying it. There is a constant linear slope in this graph so it was evident that as the x-values increased by 1, the y-values increased by 75. All you had to do was convert the values into ratio form which would be 1/75. The 1 should remain "numerator" and the 75 as denominator because it is the hour-to-mile ratio (the units were listed in thw instructions in the chronological order in which they were to be answered in ratio form; 1 hour to 75 miles).
16) You can set up an equivalent-ratios equation. Because we know that the unit ratio is 1 hour to 75 miles, and we were given the value of 12 hours, we can set up the equation like this: 1/75=12/x. I would then multiply the 75 miles by 12 so that the ratios will be proportionate. This gives me 900 miles. Now I know, based on the ratio 12 hours to 900 miles (12/900), that if the family travels for 12 hours, they will have traveled 900 miles.
17) We can do the same thing as we did in number 16. We just have to switch the value we use in the second ratio. This means that the equivalent-ratios equation will look like 1/75=x/700, because 700 miles is our given value as opposed to a value with a unit of hours, and miles are the denominators in these ratios. Now we have to see how many times 75 goes into 700 to figure out what to multiply the 1 by to get our proportionate ratios. We have to divide 700 by 75 which is roughly 9 (rounded down from 9.3). The ratio now reads: 1/75=9/700. This means that it will take the family around 9 hours to drive 700 miles (9 hours to 700 miles was the ratio).
