Destiny and Justin each biked at a steady pace. Destiny biked 1 km in 2 minutes, and Justin biked 2 km in 8 minutes.

Finally, determine how far Destiny can ride her bike in 1 minute.

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To determine how far Destiny can ride her bike in 1 minute, we first need to calculate her biking speed.

Destiny biked 1 km in 2 minutes, which means we can calculate her speed as follows:

\[ \text{Speed} = \frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Time}} = \frac{1 \text{ km}}{2 \text{ minutes}} = 0.5 \text{ km/minute} \]

Now, we want to find out how far she can travel in 1 minute. Since her speed is 0.5 km/minute, in 1 minute she can ride:

\[ \text{Distance in 1 minute} = 0.5 \text{ km} \]

Therefore, Destiny can ride her bike 0.5 km in 1 minute.