Question

Xavier ran 13 miles in 182 minutes. Assume Xavier maintains a constant speed.

Enter the number of minutes it takes Xavier to run 1 mile

Answer 1

14 minutes

Explanation:

We can represent Xavier's running in the following ratio using the given information:

distance : time

13 miles : 182 minutes

To get the answer to this problem, all we have to do is divide both sides of the ratio by 13, so that the left side is 1 mile.

`13 \textrm{ miles} : 182\textrm{ minutes}\\\overline{\ \ \ \ 13 \ \ \ \: } \ \ \: \overline{\ \ \ \ \ \ \, 13 \ \ \ \ \ \ }`

1 mile : 14 minutes

It takes Xavier 14 minutes to run 1 mile.