Question

A Galapagos tortoise can 1/5 mile in an hour. How many hours would it take the tortoise to walk 1/6?

Answer 1

5/6 hours

Explanation:

Create a proportion where x is the number of hours it will take to walk 1/6 of a mile:

`(1/5)/(1)` =
`(1/6)/(x)`

Cross multiply and solve for x:

1/5x = 1/6

x = 5/6

So, it will take the tortoise 5/6 hours to walk 1/6 of a mile