If Sally walked 1⁄2 mile in 1⁄4 hour, how fast was she walking measured in miles per hour?

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Gardner

Mathematics

27 January, 02:13

If Sally walked 1⁄2 mile in 1⁄4 hour, how fast was she walking measured in miles per hour?

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Alia Bentley · Answer 1

From here, we can do 2 things: divide to get 2miles/hour or you can see that you can reduce the fraction (.5/2=.25 and. 25/.25=1). So again we get 2/1 miles per hour OR 2 mph

Skylar · Answer 2

1/2 = 0.5

1/4 = 0.25

0.5/0.25=2,

so the answer is 2mph