Question

a long distance runners distance ran in miles varries direclty with the time in minutes. the runner ran 2 miles in 14 minutes.how long would it take the runner to go 9 miles ?

Answer 1

Answer down below!

Explanation:

If you know that he ran 2 miles in 14 minutes, you can also say he ran 1 mile in 7, because he is running in 7 minute increments

Let's go up together! (The numbers express how many miles have been run!)

1. 7 minutes
2. 14 minutes
3. 21 minutes
4. 28 minutes
5. 35 minutes
6. 42 minutes
7. 49 minutes
8. 56 minutes
9. 63 minutes

So in 63 minutes, the runner will have ran 9 miles!