Lincoln rode his bike 16 miles in 104 minutes. If he rode at a constant speed how far did he ride in 10 minutes

asked Oct 9, 2019 91.7k views

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by Frp

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Use cross multiplication to solve:

$(104)/(10) =(16)/(x)\\ \\10*16=160\\104x=160\\\\x=160/104\\x=(20)/(13)$

So, he rode
(20)/(13) miles in 10 minutes (approximately 1.54mi).

Peter Hajas answered Oct 16, 2019

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