Determine the unit rate of a marathon runner that travels 5/2 miles in 15min

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If he travels 5/2 miles in 15 mins, then in 1 min he will travel 5/2 ÷ 15 = 1/6 miles and it will take him 15 ÷ 5/2 = 6 mins to travel 1 mile.

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