Rubio decides he is going to walk to his friends 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 friends house?

Answer 1

To find out how long it will take Rubio to get to his friend's house, we need to determine his walking pace in terms of time per mile.

Since he can walk at a pace of 2-3 miles in 16 minutes, we can calculate the time for each mile by dividing 16 minutes by the distance covered in that time frame:

For the first mile, Rubio's walking pace is 2 miles in 16 minutes, so the time per mile is 16 minutes / 2 miles = 8 minutes/mile.
For the second mile, Rubio's walking pace is 3 miles in 16 minutes, so the time per mile is 16 minutes / 3 miles = 5.333... minutes/mile.

To find the average time per mile, we can calculate the mean of the two times:

Average time per mile = (8 minutes/mile + 5.333... minutes/mile) / 2 = 13.333... minutes/mile.

Therefore, it will take Rubio approximately 13.333... minutes to walk each mile to his friend's house. Since he has 1 mile to walk, the total time it will take him to get to his friend's house is approximately 13.333... minutes.