Rubio decides he is going to walk to his friend's house, which is 1 mile from his house. He can walk at a pace of 2/3 mile in 16 minutes. Atthis rate, how long will it take him to get to his friend's house? (1 point)
To find out how long it will take Rubio to get to his friend's house, we can use a proportion.
Let x be the number of minutes it takes him to get to his friend's house.
According to the given information, Rubio can walk 2/3 mile in 16 minutes.
So, his walking rate can be expressed as: (2/3 mile) / (16 minutes).
The distance he needs to walk to get to his friend's house is 1 mile.
So, the proportion can be set up as: (2/3 mile) / (16 minutes) = 1 mile / x minutes.
To simplify the proportion, we cross-multiply: (2/3) * x = 16 * 1.
This can be further simplified to: (2x) / 3 = 16.
To solve for x, multiply both sides of the equation by 3: 2x = 48.
Then, divide both sides of the equation by 2: x = 24.
Therefore, it will take Rubio 24 minutes to get to his friend's house.