If it takes leaping Louie five minutes to jump three blocks how long will it take for him to jump 15 blocks?
15 = 3*5
so it will take 5*5 = 25 minutes.
As a proportion,
x/15 = 5/3
To find out how long it will take for leaping Louie to jump 15 blocks, we can use a proportion to compare the time it takes to jump 3 blocks and the time it takes to jump 15 blocks.
Let's set up the proportion:
Time to jump 3 blocks / Time to jump 15 blocks = 5 minutes / x minutes
Cross-multiplying, we get:
(Time to jump 3 blocks) * (x minutes) = (Time to jump 15 blocks) * (5 minutes)
Now we can plug in the values we know:
(3 blocks) * (x minutes) = (15 blocks) * (5 minutes)
Simplifying the equation:
3x = 75
Dividing both sides by 3:
x = 25
Therefore, it will take leaping Louie 25 minutes to jump 15 blocks.