SOLUTION: The distance between Maggie's house and Rashmee's house is 1,600. If it takes Maggie 3 seconds to walk 10 feet, how long will it take her to walk to Rashmee's house? (please show s

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Question 153602: The distance between Maggie's house and Rashmee's house is 1,600. If it takes Maggie 3 seconds to walk 10 feet, how long will it take her to walk to Rashmee's house? (please show steps!)
Found 2 solutions by Earlsdon, stanbon:
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
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You can use the distance formula:
d = r*t where: d = distance (1600 feet in this problem), r = rate (speed, which is 10 ft/3 secs), and t is the time it takes to travel.
Let's rearrange the formula for t:
t+=+d%2Fr Now substitute the given numbers:
t+=+%281600%29%2F%28%2810%2F3%29%29 Evaluate this.
t+=+%281600%29%2A%283%2F10%29
t+=+480Seconds. Convert to minutes by dividing by 60 secs per minute.
t+=+8minutes.

Answer by stanbon(75887) About Me  (Show Source):
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The distance between Maggie's house and Rashmee's house is 1,600 ft. If it takes Maggie 3 seconds to walk 10 feet, how long will it take her to walk to Rashmee's house? (please show steps!)
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1600 ft / 10 ft = 160
160 * 3 seconds = 480 seconds
480 seconds * (1 min/60 seconds) = 8 minutes
It will take her 8 minutes to walk to Rashmee's house.
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Cheers,
Stan H.