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Heidi is riding her bike to visit a friend in another town. Her speed is inversely related to her travel time. If she is Charlie at 15 mph it will take her for hours to reach her destination. How long will it take her if she travels at 12 mph?

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Explanation:

I am not sure I understand the question with all the typos and potentially missing parts.

as I understand it, it will take her 4 hours to reach her destination when going 15 mph.

and the question is how long the trip will take, if she travels at 12 mph.

4 h × 15 m/h = 4 × 15 m = 60 miles

that is the distance of her trip.

when going slower, the distance is of course still the same, only the needed time changes :

x h × 12 m/h = 60 m

x × 12 m = 60 m

x = 60/12 = 5 hours

the trip would take her 5 hours to complete (instead of 4).

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