Driving at a Constant Rate

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If it takes 65 minutes to drive s miles, how many minutes will it take to drive r miles at the same rate?

Review: Driving at a Constant Rate


Explanation

Here we have a rate question, so we can set it up with a fraction that includes the relevant units:



We want to get r miles in the denominator without changing the value of the rate, so we can multiply by a form of 1:



The s's in the denominator cancel, leaving us with r miles. The numerator becomes . Therefore,

The correct answer is (A).


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