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  • 20-03-2020
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A crew of highway workers pave 2/15 mile in 20 minutes. If They work at the same rate, what portion of mile will they pave in one hour

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Thouys Thouys
  • 20-03-2020

If we assume they work at a constant rate of 2/15 of a mile in 20 minutes then we can assume they work the same amount each time in 1 hour as:

20 x 3 = 60 minutes~ 1 hour

Therefore we can multiply 2/15 by 3 to go our answer:

2/15 x 3/1 = 6/15

Therefore they will pave 6/15 of a mile in an hour

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