SOLUTION: distance traveled in 12 minutes at 1.3 miles per hour

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Question 519203: distance traveled in 12 minutes at 1.3 miles per hour
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1 hour = 60 minutes

x miles / 12 minutes = 1.3 miles / 60 minutes {set up a proportion}
60x = 15.6 {cross-multiplied}
x = .26

.26 miles

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