Homework Help: math

Posted by Julie on Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 2:17pm.

while riding a bike at a rate of 14 mph, Steven takes 1.2 hours to ride the entire length of a trail. how many hours would it take him to complete the same ride if he rode at 8 mph?

how do you do this problem?

math - drwls, Sunday, July 18, 2010 at 2:46pm
Time required is inversely proprtional to speed.

It will take (14/8) or 7/4 times as long.

That would be 2.1 hours.

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