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If you can bike 15 miles per hour, how long will it take you to bike 5 miles?

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5 miles is 1/3 the distance of 15 miles

if it takes you an hour to go 15 miles it will take you 1/3 the time to go 5 miles.

1 hour (60 minutes) / 3 = 20 minutes

it will take you 20 minutes

User Kurtis Streutker
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Answer:

20 min

Explanation:

5 is 1/3 of 15

That means that the time is 1/3 of a hour which is 20 min

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