Question

Lena can run 4 miles in 30 minutes. Rachel can run 7 miles

in 56 minutes. What proportion could you write to see if they are
running at the same rate?​

Answer 1

We want to create a proportion with minutes over miles for each person. The proportion for this problem is shown below.

30 minutes / 4 miles = 56 minutes / 7 miles

To find out if these people are running at the same rate, we can cross-multiply.

224 = 210

Because 224 and 210 are not equivalent, the people are not running at the same rate.

Hope this helps!! :)