SOLUTION: If it takes Tom 10 mins to travel 1500m. How long will it take him to travel 8000m.

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Question 1035005: If it takes Tom 10 mins to travel 1500m. How long will it take him to travel 8000m.
Answer by fractalier(6550)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
We can solve this one with a proportion...we can write, letting x be the time...

Now cross-multiply and get
1500x = 80000
x = 80000/1500 = 53.3 minutes
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