Question

(a) Joe runs 12 miles in 84 minutes.
How many miles does he run per minute?
İmiles per minute

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

We want to find how many miles per minute Joe runs. This means, we need to simplify the equation:

$\frac{12 mi}{84 min}$

so that the number on the bottom is 1. How do we do that?

Simple.

Just divide 12 / 84

Answer:

Joe runs approx. 0.143 miles per minute.