To find out how long it will take Rubio to walk to his friend's house, we first need to determine his walking speed in miles per minute.
Rubio walks 23 miles in 16 minutes, so his speed is:
\[ \text{Speed} = \frac{23 \text{ miles}}{16 \text{ minutes}} \approx 1.4375 \text{ miles per minute} \]
Now, we need to calculate how long it will take him to walk the 1 mile to his friend's house. Using the formula:
\[ \text{Time} = \frac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Speed}} \]
we can plug in the values:
\[ \text{Time} = \frac{1 \text{ mile}}{1.4375 \text{ miles per minute}} \approx 0.696 \text{ minutes} \]
To convert this into minutes and seconds, we find:
\[ 0.696 \text{ minutes} \times 60 \text{ seconds/minute} \approx 41.76 \text{ seconds} \]
Thus, the total time it will take Rubio to get to his friend's house is approximately 0.696 minutes, or about 41.76 seconds.
Final Answer: Approximately 0.7 minutes (or about 42 seconds).
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