Question

Randy walks his dog each morning. he walks 7/12 of a mile in 7 minutes how many miles does he walks in 1 minutes

Answer 1

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• ⠀Randy walks his dog each morning.
• he walks 7/12 of a mile in 7 minutes ⠀⠀⠀

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• ⠀how many miles does he walks in 1 minutes⠀⠀⠀

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Randy walks 7/12 miles in 7 minutes

Sooo

He walks in one minutes is

• 7/12 miles in 7 minutes

• one minutes is
  `\sf{((7)/(12))/(7) }`

• one minute =
  `\sf{(7)/(12)×(1)/(7) }`

• one minute=
  `\sf{(1)/(12) }`

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Hence,

he walks in 1 minutes is 1/12 miles.

Answer 2

1/12 mile

Explanation:

We can use a ratio to solve

7/12 miles x miles

---------------- = ---------------

7 minutes 1 minute

Using cross products

7 /12 * 1 = 7x

Divide each side by 7

7/12 * 1/7 = x

1/2 = x