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at 9 am you have to run 2 miles. at 9:24 am you have run 5 miles. what is your running rate in minutes per mile

User Raspi
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The answer is 5 minutes
User Hakim Abdelcadir
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You ran three miles in 24 minutes so your rates is 3/24 miles per minute
To convert to miles per hour you would multiple by 60minutes/1hr
So 3/24 x 60/1 which simplifies to
15/2 miles per hour
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