SOLUTION: Carly walks 30 feet in seven seconds. At this rate, how many minutes will it take for Carly to walk a mile of there are 5,280 feet in one mile?

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Question 970650: Carly walks 30 feet in seven seconds. At this rate, how many minutes will it take for Carly to walk a mile of there are 5,280 feet in one mile?
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Carly walks 30 feet in seven seconds.
At this rate, how many minutes will it take for Carly to walk a mile of there are 5,280 feet in one mile?
:
distance in 1 sec: 30/7 ft
:
5280%2F%28%2830%2F7%29%29 = 5280 * 7%2F30 = 1232 seconds which is:
1232%2F60 = 20.53 minutes to walk 1 mi