Mike roller skates with a constant speed of 10 miles per hour. How long will he take to travel a distance of 15 miles.

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Answer:

So every hour he makes 10 miles.  So he would take 1 and a half hours to go to Mcdonalds 15 miles away.

Explanation:

Ben

[tex]\huge\boxed{{\textsf{90 minutes}}}[/tex]

We know that Mike's speed is [tex]\dfrac{10\ \text{miles}}{60\ \text{minutes}}[/tex] since there are [tex]60[/tex] minutes in an hour, and we know that MIke needs to travel [tex]15[/tex] miles. We'll model this using fractions:

[tex]\dfrac{10\ \text{miles}}{60\ \text{minutes}}=\dfrac{15\ \text{miles}}{x\ \text{minutes}}[/tex]

We can see that there is a [tex]2:3[/tex] ratio here, so we'll divide the left fraction by [tex]2[/tex] and multiply it by [tex]3[/tex] to get the right fraction.

[tex]\dfrac{10}{60}\Rightarrow\dfrac{5}{30}\Rightarrow\dfrac{15\ \text{miles}}{\boxed{90\ \text{minutes}}}[/tex]