Question

Mary ran 4 miles in 37 minutes. If she continued at the same pace, how long would it take her to run 11 miles?

Answer 1

we are given that

Mary ran 4 miles in 37 minutes.

we have been asked to find

how long would it take her to run 11 miles?

Since Mary ran 4 miles in 37 minutes, it mean time taken to run 1 miles can be given by

`t_(1 \ mile)=(37)/(4) \ minutes.`

Hence we can write , time taken in running 11 miles as

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