Question

A bicyclist rides 16 miles in 144 minutes. If she continues at this speed, how long will it take her to travel 36 miles?

Answer 1

So for this you want to set up a proportion, like this:



After that, solve the equation for X to get your answer in number of minutes, like this:

`16 miles*X minutes = 144 minutes*36 miles \\ 16X= 5184 minutes \\ (16x)/(16)= (5184 minutes)/(16) \\ X= 324 minutes`

Answer 2

the correct answer is possibly 324