Rubio decides he is going to walk to his friend's house, which is 1 mile from his house. He can walk at a pace of 23 mile in 16 minutes. At this rate, how long will it take him to get to his friend’s house?

Answer 1

To find out how long it will take Rubio to get to his friend's house, we can set up a proportion.

We know that Rubio can walk 23 miles in 16 minutes.
Let's set up the proportion:

23 miles / 16 minutes = 1 mile / x minutes

Cross multiplying, we get:
23x = 16

Dividing both sides by 23, we get:
x = 16 / 23

Simplifying the fraction, we get:
x ≈ 0.695652

To convert this decimal to minutes, we multiply by 60:
0.695652 * 60 ≈ 41.73913

Therefore, it will take Rubio approximately 41.74 minutes to get to his friend's house.