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A loaded truck travels 14 km in 25 minutes. If the speed remains the same, how far can it travel in 5 hours?

Let the distance covered by truck in 5 hours be x km


The given information in the form of table is as follows:



Given: In 25 minutes, the truck travels 14km
Now, in 5 hours the truck will travel more distance.
Therefore, above information is in direct proportion.


Therefore,


14/25 = x/300

25x = 14 × 300

→x = 168 km

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