It took Jimena 89 minutes to run a 15-kilometer race last weekend. If you know that 1 kilometer equals 0.621 mile, how many minutes did it take Jimena to run 1 mile during the race? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

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anonymous · Answer

do you have any answer choices?

snowystorm777 · Answer

yes

snowystorm777 · Answer

A.3.68 minutes
	B.9.55 minutes
	C.9.88 minutes
	D.24.15 minutes

anonymous · Answer

First, you would need to know how many minutes it took her to run 1 kilometer. This would be set up in a proportion:
1589=1x

Solve for x to find how many  kilometers she ran in 1 minute. Then transfer it to minutes per mile. Do you know how to do that?

snowystorm777 · Answer

no