SOLUTION: Knowing that the distance a runner runs varies directly with the hours of sleep the night before find how far a runner runs on 8 hours of sleep if it is known that a runner ran 5

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Question 154218: Knowing that the distance a runner runs varies directly with the hours of sleep the night before find how far a runner runs on 8 hours of sleep if it is known that a runner ran 5 miles on 4 hours of sleep.
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Knowing that the distance a runner runs varies directly with the hours of sleep the night before find how far a runner runs on 8 hours of sleep if it is known that a runner ran 5 miles on 4 hours of sleep.
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He/she slept twice as long, so the distance will be twice as far.
10 miles.