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Randy walks 1/2mile each 1/5 hour.how far will randy walk in one hour ?

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1/2 mile / 1/5 hour = x miles/ 1 hour

using cross products

1/2 * 1 = x * 1/5

multiply by 5 on each side

1/2*5 = x

x = 5/2 miles

x = 2 1/2 miles

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