Kara ran 5 miles yesterday. She ran again today. Her total distance for both days is 6.5 miles. If she ran at a pace of 6 miles per hour today, how long did Kara run today?

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Compositr · Answer 1 · 2022-08-17T17:45:32+0000

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Answer:

15 minutes

Explanation:

We can let t represent the time in hours that Kara ran today. Then her distance today is ...

distance = speed · time

distance = 6t

Her total distance for both days is ...

5 + 6t = 6.5

6t = 1.5 . . . . . . . . . . subtract 5

t = 1.5/6 = 1/4 . . . . . divide by 6

Kara ran 1/4 hour today. That is 15 minutes.