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. Atthis rate, how long will it take him to get to his friend's house? (1 point)

Answer 1

To find out how long it will take Rubio to get to his friend's house, we can use a proportion.

Let x be the number of minutes it takes him to get to his friend's house.

According to the given information, Rubio can walk 2/3 mile in 16 minutes.

So, his walking rate can be expressed as: (2/3 mile) / (16 minutes).

The distance he needs to walk to get to his friend's house is 1 mile.

So, the proportion can be set up as: (2/3 mile) / (16 minutes) = 1 mile / x minutes.

To simplify the proportion, we cross-multiply: (2/3) * x = 16 * 1.

This can be further simplified to: (2x) / 3 = 16.

To solve for x, multiply both sides of the equation by 3: 2x = 48.

Then, divide both sides of the equation by 2: x = 24.

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