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amy can run 3 miles in s minutes. at that pace, how many miles can she run in 50 minutes?

 Nov 24, 2014

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Rate is distance divided by time.

If Amy can run 3 miles in s minutes, her rate is her distance (3 miles) divided by her time (s minutes);

     her rates is (3 miles) / (s minutes)  =  (3/s) miles/minute

Distance is rate times time, so, if Amy ran for 50 minutes, the distance is:  

     (3/s) miles/minute x 50 minutes   =   150/s miles

 Nov 24, 2014
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how many minutes is s?

 Nov 24, 2014
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Rate is distance divided by time.

If Amy can run 3 miles in s minutes, her rate is her distance (3 miles) divided by her time (s minutes);

     her rates is (3 miles) / (s minutes)  =  (3/s) miles/minute

Distance is rate times time, so, if Amy ran for 50 minutes, the distance is:  

     (3/s) miles/minute x 50 minutes   =   150/s miles

geno3141 Nov 24, 2014

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