SOLUTION: If a 140lb person burns 320 calories in 4 miles how many miles to burn 100 calories?

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Question 270714: If a 140lb person burns 320 calories in 4 miles how many miles to burn 100 calories?
Answer by jessica,tylers(1) About Me  (Show Source):
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ok 320/4 is 80 so you burn 80 calories per mile
then you divide 80 by 4 and get 20 calories per half mile.
Then you add up the calories so 20,40,60,80,100
so it takes you 1 1/4 mile to burn 100 calories, or 1.25 miles.