SOLUTION: A small dog walks 1/5 mile per hour. How long will it take her to walk 2 miles? Draw a picture. I drew a rectangle and divided it in fifths and divide again in half to represen

Question 942209: A small dog walks 1/5 mile per hour. How long will it take her to walk 2 miles? Draw a picture.
I drew a rectangle and divided it in fifths and divide again in half to represent two miles. My answer was 10 hrs.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
This is a ratio:
distance [1] / time [1] = distance[2] / time[2]

Multiply both sides by
hrs
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You could draw rectangles with heights
and to show miles
and
rectangles with heights and
to show times ( on a different scale )

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