Provide an appropriate response.Ben drove his car 669 kilometers in 5 hours while he was on vacation in Italy. He was trying to estimate how far he could drive in 8 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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