Question

Joseph walks at a constant speed. He walked to a store that is 0.5 miles away in 6 minutes. How many miles, m, can he walk in t minutes?

Answer 1

Explanation:

if he can walk 0.5 miles in 6 minutes at a constant rate then you can say that he can walk 1 mile in 12 minutes.

therefore he can walk 1/12 mile ever one minute

so m=1/12t