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Because of heavy traffic, a bus took 30 minutes to cover a distance of 20 city blocks. How many minutes per city block did the bus move?

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a bus took 30 minutes-------------------------- to cover a distance of 20 city blocks

X minutes------------------------------------------------one (1) city block

I apply a rule of three

X=(1)*(30)/20=1.5

Therefore

the bus moved 1.5 minutes/block city

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