Question

Amy can ride her bike 4miles in 30 minutes .Sebastian can ride his bike 3miles in 24 minutes .At his current rate,What is the distance in miles Sebastian can ride his bike in 1hour ?

Answer 1

Answer: He should be able to ride 7.5 miles

Explanation: We know that he can ride 3 miles in 24 minutes

We can now make a ratio table

3 ?
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24 60

We can now find what times 24 equals 60, or in other words, 60 divided by 24 is 2.5

Now that we know 2.5 is multiplied by 24 to get 60, we can multiply 3 by 2.5 to get 7.5


Hope this helps!