Maria runs 10 miles in 75 minutes. At the same rate, how many miles would she run in 69 minutes?

Question

Maria runs
10
miles in
75
minutes. At the same rate, how many miles would she run in
69
minutes?

Answer 1

Since she runs 10 miles in 75 minutes, that's a rate of 10 miles/75 minutes = 2/15  miles per minute. We multiply the rate by 69 minutes to get the miles she'd run in that amount of time:

 

(2/15 miles/minute) * 69 minutes = 9.2 miles