Question

A horse can run 1 3/8 of a mie in 1 3/5 minute. how long does it take the horse to run 1 mile

Answer 1

A horse can run 1 3/8 of a mile in 1 3/5 minute. How long does it take the horse to run 1 mile?

So what i would personally do first is convert the fractions into decimals.

1 3/8= 11/8= 1.375    of a mile  

1 3/5= 8/5 =1.6         of a minute

Now we find the rate of change

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