Question

LeRoy ran a total of 15 miles last month. He ran 5/8 miles each day. How many days did he run?

Answer 1

Answer:

24 days

Step-by-step explanation:

We wish to eliminate the unit of measurement "miles," ending up with the number of days on which LeRoy ran.

Recall that distance = rate times time.  Here

distance

-------------- = time

   rate

Plugging in the appropriate quantities (given in the problem statement),

     15 miles             15                    3

----------------------- = -------- days = -------- days = 24 days

  (5/8) (mi/day)        5/8                 1/8