A caterpillar can crawl 1/2 of an inch in 1/4 of a minute. How far can he crawl in 1 minute?(1 point) Responses 1 inch 1 inch 1/8 inch 1 eighth inch 2 inches 2 inches 1/2 inches 1 half inches
To find how far the caterpillar can crawl in 1 minute, we can set up a proportion.
Since the caterpillar caw crawl 1/2 of an inch in 1/4 of a minute, we can set up the proportion:
1/2 inch / 1/4 minute = x inches / 1 minute
To solve for x, we can cross multiply:
(1/2 inch)(1 minute) = (1/4 minute)(x inches)
1/2 inch * 1 minute = 1/4 minute * x inches
1/2 inch * 1 = 1/4 minute * x inches
1/2 = 1/4 x
To solve for x, we multiply both sides of the equation by 4:
4 * (1/2) = 4 * (1/4 x)
2 = x
Therefore, the caterpillar can crawl 2 inches in 1 minute.