Question

really runs 5 miles in 40 minutes if Willie runs at the same rate how many miles can he run in 64 minutes

Answer 1

Willie runs 5 miles in 40 minutes, the speed is:

`\text{speed}=\frac{5\text{miles}}{40\min }`

And we need to know how many miles he will run in 64 minutes.

To find the result we need to multiply 64 by the speed of Willie. For this, we first simplify the previous expression for the speed:

`\text{speed}=\frac{5\text{miles}}{40\min }=0.125\text{ miles/min}`

And now we can multiply the 64 minutes by this speed to find the miles:

`64\min (0.125\text{ miles/min)=8miles}`

Answer: 8 miles.