if I walk 2.5 miles in 1.25 hours, how long does it take to walk .5 miles?
2.5/1.25 = 0.5/x
Cross multiply and solve for x.
Or -- divide 2.5 by 1.25 to find the miles per hour.
cross multiply and you will get something like this
2.5 X x = 0.5 X 1.25
which the answer will be
2.5x = 0.625
because we are finding for x so divide both sides by 2.5 so that x can stand alone. so 0.5x over(divided by) 2.5 and 0.625 over(divided by) 2.5.
(note: we are finding for x).
so the answer will now be
x=0.25
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To find out how long it takes to walk 0.5 miles, we can use the concept of rate and time. The rate at which you are walking can be determined by dividing the distance you walked by the time it took you to walk it.
In this case, you walked 2.5 miles in 1.25 hours. We can find the rate by dividing the distance (2.5 miles) by the time (1.25 hours):
Rate = Distance / Time
Rate = 2.5 miles / 1.25 hours
Simplifying this, we get:
Rate = 2 miles per hour
So, the rate at which you are walking is 2 miles per hour.
Now, we can find out how long it takes to walk 0.5 miles at this rate. We can rearrange the formula to solve for time:
Time = Distance / Rate
Time = 0.5 miles / 2 miles per hour
Simplifying this, we get:
Time = 0.25 hours
Therefore, it would take you 0.25 hours (or 15 minutes) to walk 0.5 miles at a rate of 2 miles per hour.