A delivery truck drove 44 miles per hour. It took 2 hours to travel between two towns. What is the distance between the two towns

To solve this problem, we are going to set up a proportion, letting x be the unknown distance between the two towns.

44 miles/1 hour = x miles/2 hours

To solve this, we are going to use cross products, or the multiplication of the numerator of one fraction times the denominator of the other fraction, setting them equal to one another.

44 (2) = x

When we simplify this, we get

88 = x

Therefore, the distance between the two towns is 88 miles.