document.write( "Question 1139783: Sonia rode her bike at an average speed of 12 mph. If it took her 40 minutes to reach her destination, how far away was it?
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Algebra.Com's Answer #760273 by ineedhelpplzhwlpme(1) $\"\"$ $\"About$

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I think you can use a proportion for this.
\n" ); document.write( "So since there are 60 minutes in an hour, you will use this to create your proportion
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\n" ); document.write( " Reminder:(12 is in here because of Sonia riding at an average of 12 miles per hour or 60 minutes) (Because the website doesn't really show fractions it should be 12/60=x/40) (/ is the division sign or fraction sign)
\n" ); document.write( "12 x (these are the miles)
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\n" ); document.write( "60 40 (This is the number of minutes) \r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then you cross multiply. 60x=480
\n" ); document.write( "Then you get x by itself by dividing by 60 to both sides
\n" ); document.write( "60x 480
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\n" ); document.write( "60 60\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "X=8
\n" ); document.write( "Since x represents the number of miles in 40 minutes and x=8, then that means that the number of miles Sonia rode in 40 minutes is 8 miles\r
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