document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=156430>Question 156430</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Corey is walking in a 3-mile walkathon on Saturday.In his last walkathon he walked 5 miles in 1.5 hours.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "based on this rate,how much time will it take corey to walk 3 miles?you must use a proportion and your answer on the lines below.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "SHOW ALL WORK\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "proportion_________________\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "answer_____________ hour(s) </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #115237 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=kdr><B>kdr(11)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-06.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=kdr><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=115237\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Corey walked 5 miles in 1.5 hours, which could be expressed as the ration 1.5 hours:5 miles. The details for the new walkathon of 3 miles will be, in the same pattern, x hours: 3 miles.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The proportion to solve is: <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1.5%2F5+=+x%2F3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1.5%2F5+=+x%2F3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( "To solve for x, multiply both sides by 3:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=%283%2F1%29%281.5%2F5%29=%283%2F1%29%28x%2F3%29 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"%283%2F1%29%281.5%2F5%29=%283%2F1%29%28x%2F3%29\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Simplifying, we have:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=4.5%2F5+=+x ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"4.5%2F5+=+x\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" ><BR>\n" );
document.write( ".9 = x\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "So, Corey will take .9 hours to walk 3 miles.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let's put the result into our original proportion to make sure it's correct:<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=.3+=+.3 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\".3+=+.3\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > </SPAN>\n" );
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