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Suppose it takes John 41 minutes to run 4 miles. How long would it take him to run 8 kilometers? Round your answer to the nearest minute.

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Answer:

51 minutes!

Step-by-step explanation:

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First off, you convert kilometers to miles.

1 kilometer = 0.62 miles; therefore, 8 kilometers = 8*0.62 = 4.96 miles

Next, you determine how many minutes it takes for John to cover 1 mile

which is gotten by dividing 41 by 4;  

41 / 4 = 10.25. So it takes 10.25 minutes to cover 1 mile. (minutes per mile)

Next, you multiply the number of minutes taken to cover 1 mile (10.25) by 4.96 miles (8 kilometers),  10.25 * 4.96 = 50.84 minutes. Rounding that to the nearest minute, you get 51 minutes which make sense because the amount of time taken to cover 4 miles (41 minutes) will be shorter than the time taken to cover 4.96 miles (50.84 minutes) since 4 miles is smaller than 4.96 miles. DIRECT PROPORTION

All calculations where done with a calculator. If you don't have that, you can always divide manually and convert to fraction.