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A​ 150-pound person uses 5.8 calories per minute when walking at a speed of 4 mph. How long must a person walk at this speed to use at least 170 ​calories?

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If it takes one minute to use 5.7 calories, it’ll take 190/5.7 minutes to use 190 calories. This simplifies to 100/3 minutes. So this person must walk for 33 minutes and 20 seconds to use 190 calories (assuming the rate of calorie usage remains constant throughout).

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