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 can set up a proportion.

Rubio walks at a pace of 2/3 mile in 16 minutes.

Let x be the time it takes him to walk 1 mile.

This can be set up as the following proportion:

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

To solve for x, we can cross multiply:

(2/3) * x = 1 * 16

2x = 48

x = 48 / 2

x = 24

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