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A crew of highway workers paved 2/15 mile in 20 minutes. If they work at the same rate, what portion of a mile will they pave in one hour

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Since they work at a pace of 2/15, or .133, you would multiply that by 3, because there are three sections of 20 in a hour.that would be 6/15, which can be simplified to 2/5.
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