Jose runs 3 miles in 28 minutes. At the same rate, how many miles would he run in 42 minutes?

1 Answer
Jan 31, 2018

#4.5# miles

Explanation:

Well, he runs #3# miles in #28# minutes. Also, see that #42=28*1.5#.

So, his journey would just be running #1.5# times, with each time running #28# minutes.

So, he runs a total of #1.5*3=4.5# miles