Provide an appropriate response.Ben drove his car 535 kilometers in 6 hours while he was on vacation in Italy. He was trying to estimate how far he could drive in 5 hours the next day so he set up the following proportion:  Explain why this proportion will not give him the correct answer.

What will be an ideal response?


The proportion is wrong. It should be  = .

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A.  ( + ln( + 1))
B.
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A.  lot
B. 1 lots
C. 2 lot(s)
D. 28 lots

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A. 6 B. 4 C. 5 D. 3

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Use Cramer's rule to solve the system of linear equations in two variables.

A. (2, 4) B. (4, 2) C. (-4, -2) D. (-2, 4)

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