Question

caroline runs 3 1/2 miles in 22 1/4 minutes. how many miles does she run per minute?
A. 3/22 mile per minute
B. 62/221mile per minute
C. 14/89 mile per minute
D. 4/39 mile per minute

Answer 1

caroline runs 3 1/2 miles in 22 1/4 minutes
speed =
\(\huge \frac {3.5~~ miles}{22.25~~minutes}\)

so 3.5 miles in 22.25 minutes... how far in 1 minute?

Answer 2

B

Answer 3

no

Answer 4

why b?

Answer 5

multiply top and bottom by 4, so u get whole numbers

Answer 6

OH I think it D because I divided all of them and D = 9.75

Answer 7

ok... how does 9.75 come into this tho?

Answer 8

I don't really know

Answer 9

ok... so get

\(\huge \frac {3.5~~ miles}{22.25~~minutes}\)

and times top and bottom by 4... what do u get?

Answer 10

3.5 = 14 22.25=89

Answer 11

perfect

Answer 12

so answer is...?

Answer 13

C do you mind if I fan you

Answer 14

yep, C
and fan away dude, i never mind that hey ;)