ruben and claire are training to run a marathon in the spring. ruben runs 16 miles over a 4-day period. claire runs 12 miles over a 3-day period. are they running at the same rate of speed? respond "1" for yes or "2" for no.

Answer 1

To determine if Ruben and Claire are running at the same rate of speed, we need to calculate their average speed.

Ruben runs 16 miles over a 4-day period, so his average speed per day is 16 miles / 4 days = 4 miles per day.

Claire runs 12 miles over a 3-day period, so her average speed per day is 12 miles / 3 days = 4 miles per day.

Since both Ruben and Claire have the same average running speed of 4 miles per day, the answer is 1, yes. They are running at the same rate of speed.