SOLUTION: 1 and 1 fourth miles in 2 minutes and 4 seconds or 1 and 3 sixteenth miles in 1 minute and 35 seconds which rate is greater?

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Question 653980: 1 and 1 fourth miles in 2 minutes and 4 seconds or 1 and 3 sixteenth miles in 1 minute and 35 seconds which rate is greater?
Answer by CubeyThePenguin(3113) About Me  (Show Source):
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1.25 miles in 2.066 minutes ---> 0.605 mi/min

1.1875 miles in 1.5833 minutes ---> 0.75 mi/min

The second rate is greater.