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 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 calculate the time it will take Rubio to reach his friend's house, we can set up a proportion:

2/3 mile = 16 minutes.

We want to find out how many minutes it will take him to walk 1 mile, so we set up the equation:

1 mile = x minutes.

In order to solve the proportion, we can cross multiply:

2/3 * x = 1 * 16.

Simplifying this equation, we get:

2x/3 = 16.

To isolate x, we can multiply both sides of the equation by the reciprocal of 2/3, which is 3/2:

(2x/3) * (3/2) = 16 * (3/2).

Simplifying further:

x = (16 * 3) / 2.

x = 48/2.

x = 24.

So, it will take Rubio 24 minutes to walk to his friend's house.

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Answer 3

Apologies for the confusion. Since Rubio can walk 2/3 mile in 16 minutes, we can calculate the time it will take him to walk 1 mile by setting up a proportion:

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

Cross-multiplying, we have:

(2/3) * x = 1 * 16
2x = 48
x = 24

Thus, it will take Rubio 24 minutes to walk to his friend's house.