Question 1200302
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A cyclist rides his bike at a rate of 20 miles per hour. 
(a) What is this rate in miles per minute? 
(b) How many miles will the cyclist travel in 5 minutes? 
Do not round your answers.
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1 hour = 60 minutes.


Therefore, if the cyclist covers 20 miles in 1 hour, he (or she) covers 
1/60 of it in one minute, i.e. {{{20/60}}} = {{{1/3}}} of a mile per minute.


<Y>ANSWER</U>.  20 miles per hour is the same as  {{{1/3}}}  of a mile per minute.
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Solved.


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This problem is to apply common sense.