June ran 1/4 of a mile in 3 minutes. How long will it take her to run a full mile?
Mathematics · High School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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Given the statement:
June ran 1/4 of a mile in 3 minutes.
Determine how long will it take to run a full mile.
Solution:
In order to determine how long it will take to run a full mile, we simply need to divide 1 by ¼ then we multiply the quotient by 3. Note that when we divide a number by a fraction, we simply need to take the reciprocal of the fraction then multiply it to the number. The reciprocal means the opposite value. In our case, the reciprocal of ¼ is 4, hence we multiply 1 to 4.
=1 / ¼
= (1) (4)
= 4
Multiply 4 by 3.
= (4) (3)
= 12 minutes
Final answer:
It would take 12 minutes to run 1 mile.