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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

User Bernhard Gschwantner
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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.

User HotFudgeSunday
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Answer:

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

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