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One person ran 4 miles in 24 minutes. At this rate, how long would it take to run 26 miles?

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The answer is 156 minutes.

If it takes them 24 minutes to run 4 miles, to find the minutes it takes to run 1 mile divide 4 by 24. This comes out to 6 minutes to run 1 mile. Then just multiple 6 minutes by 26 miles to get 156 minutes.
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