Rubio decides to walk to his friend's house, which is 1 mile from his house. He can walk at a pace of 2/3 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 need to set up a proportion.

Rubio can walk 2/3 mile in 16 minutes.
We need to find out how long it will take him to walk 1 mile.

Let's set up the proportion:

(2/3 miles)/(16 minutes) = (1 mile)/(x minutes)

To solve this proportion, we cross multiply:
(2/3)(x minutes) = (1 mile)(16 minutes)

2x = 3*16

2x = 48

x = 48/2

x = <<48/2=24>>24

It will take Rubio 24 minutes to walk to his friend's house.