SOLUTION: Terry walks 12 blocks to school each day. It takes him thirty minutes to get to school. If 12 blocks equal one third of a mile at waht unit rate is Terry walking to school?

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Question 512641: Terry walks 12 blocks to school each day. It takes him thirty minutes to get to school. If 12 blocks equal one third of a mile at waht unit rate is Terry walking to school?
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12 blocks times 1/3 mile per block = 4 miles.

4 miles in 30 minutes is 8 miles in one hour.

So 8 miles per hour. Baloney! People walk 3 miles per hour. If he is going 8 miles per hour, he is running.

John

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