Question

Maggie can jog 3 miles in 30 minutes. If she plans to jog for 45 minutes, how many miles will that be? A. 18 miles B. 4.5 miles C. 15 miles D. 2 miles

Answers

GPT-4o mini
To determine how many miles Maggie can jog in 45 minutes, we first need to find her jogging rate.

Maggie's rate is:

\[
\text{Rate} = \frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Time}} = \frac{3 \text{ miles}}{30 \text{ minutes}} = \frac{1 \text{ mile}}{10 \text{ minutes}}
\]

Now, we want to find the distance Maggie can jog in 45 minutes. Since we know she can jog 1 mile in 10 minutes, we can calculate the distance for 45 minutes as follows:

\[
\text{Distance} = \text{Rate} \times \text{Time} = 1 \text{ mile} \times \left(\frac{45 \text{ minutes}}{10 \text{ minutes}}\right) = 1 \text{ mile} \times 4.5 = 4.5 \text{ miles}
\]

So, if Maggie jogs for 45 minutes, she will cover a distance of **4.5 miles**.

The answer is **B. 4.5 miles**.