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Raina runs 6 miles in 55 minutes. At the same rate, how many miles would she run in 44 minutes?

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raina runs 6 miles in 55 minutes

so it speed is 6/55 miles per minute

that means in one minute he runs 6/55 miles

so in 44 minutes


\begin{gathered} =(6)/(55)*44 \\ =(6*4)/(5)=(24)/(5) \end{gathered}

in 44 minutes he will run 24/5 miles or 4.8 miles

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