To find out how long it will take Rubio to get to his friend's house, we need to determine how many 16-minute intervals it will take him to walk 1 mile.
Since he can walk 2/3 mile in 16 minutes, we can set up a proportion to find out how many intervals it would take to walk 1 mile:
(2/3 mile) / (16 minutes) = (1 mile) / (x minutes)
Cross-multiplying, we get:
(2/3)(x) = 16(1)
Simplifying, we have:
2x/3 = 16
Multiplying both sides by 3, we get:
2x = 48
Dividing both sides by 2, we find:
x = 24
Therefore, it will take Rubio 24 minutes to get to his friend's house.
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?
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