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At top speed, a rabbit can cover 7 miles in 12 minutes. If a rabbit could continue at this rate indefinitely, how long would it take the rabbit to cross the 220-mile expanse of the Mojave Desert?

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At
top speed, a rabbit can cover 7 miles in 12 minutes.

Let’s solve for the unit rate:

=> 7 miles in 12 minutes. Let’s solve for the miles per minute value

=> 7 / 12 = 0.58 miles per minute

If a rabbit could continue at this rate
indefinitely, how long would it take the rabbit to cross the 220-mile expanse
of the Mojave Desert.

=> 220 miles / 0.58 miles/minute = 379 minute

Thus, it will take a rabbit a 379 minute to finish 220 miles.



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\(\sf{\frac{7~miles}{12~minutes} = \frac{220~miles}{x}}\)

Cross multiply to get

\(\sf{7~miles\times x = 220~miles\times 12~ minutes}\)

We can divide by miles on both sides.

\(\sf 7x = 2640~minutes\\\\x \approx 377.142857~minutes\)

It will take the rabbit around 377 minutes to cover 220-miles.

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