joel runs 7 miles in 60 minutes. at the same rate ,how many miles would he run in 24 minutes
since the speed is the same,
7/60 = x/24
To determine how many miles Joel would run in 24 minutes at the same rate, we can use the concept of a proportion.
We know that Joel runs 7 miles in 60 minutes. This can be expressed as the following ratio:
7 miles / 60 minutes
To find out how many miles he would run in 24 minutes, we can set up a proportion using this ratio.
Let x represent the number of miles Joel would run in 24 minutes.
x miles / 24 minutes = 7 miles / 60 minutes
To solve for x, we can cross-multiply and then divide:
60x = 7 * 24
60x = 168
x = 168 / 60
x = 2.8
Therefore, at the same rate, Joel would run approximately 2.8 miles in 24 minutes.