Question

Rock ran 3/4 of an hour on Wednesday for a distance of 4.2 miles.On Thursday, he ran for 1 hour at the same speed he ran on Wednesday.How many miles did Rick run on Thursday

Answer 1

the number of miles run on Thursday is 5.60 miles

Explanation:

The computation of the number of miles run on Thursday is shown below

Here we assume the number of miles be x

3 ÷ 4 ÷ 1 = 4.2 ÷ x

3 ÷ 4 ÷ x = 4.2

3x = 16.8

x = 5.6

Hence, the number of miles run on Thursday is 5.60 miles