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OpenStudy (anonymous):

HELP UNDERSTANDING?? **IM BAD AT MEASUREMENTS It took Xander 31 minutes to run a 5-kilometer race last weekend. If you know that 1 kilometer equals 0.621 mile, how many minutes did it take Xander to run 1 mile during the race? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth. 1.99 minutes 3.105 minutes 9.98 minutes 15.52 minutes

OpenStudy (michaelalex292):

First, convert 5 km to miles

OpenStudy (anonymous):

3.10686 miles?

OpenStudy (michaelalex292):

Yep that's about right, now do you know how to set that to a proportion?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ahhh 0_o proportion?

OpenStudy (michaelalex292):

\[\frac{ 3.10686 }{ 31 } = \frac{ 1 }{ x }\] It looks something like this

OpenStudy (michaelalex292):

Now solve for x

OpenStudy (anonymous):

3.10686x/31

OpenStudy (michaelalex292):

3.10686x = 31 Now divide both sides by 3.10686

OpenStudy (anonymous):

9.97791982902

OpenStudy (michaelalex292):

Yep, that's correct :)

OpenStudy (michaelalex292):

That's the answer

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so c? thank you!

OpenStudy (michaelalex292):

Yep, no problem

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