Question

James decides to walk from school to the park to play ball. The park is only 0.5 mile from the school. He leaves school at 3:15 and arrives at the park at 3:25. At what rate is James traveling?

A) 1 mile/10 minutes
B) 1 mile/15 minutes
C) 1 mile/20 minutes
D) 1 mile/30 minutes

Answer 1

Answer: C

Step-by-step explanation: We see that it took James 10 minutes to go 0.5 miles, so to get how many miles an hour James is traveling, we need to get the miles to 1. To do this, multiply by 2, and this will give you that it took James 20 minutes to go 1 mile. This is option C.