Question

A runner completes 1/4 of a 5- mile race every 8 minutes. At the same pace, how far can the runner go in 16 minutes?

A. 1/8 mile
B. 160 miles
C. 2 1/2 miles
D. 1/10 mile

Answer 1

[AI-generated answer — Bot GPT 3.5]

If the runner completes 1/4 of a 5-mile race every 8 minutes, then in 16 minutes, the runner can complete 2 times 1/4 of the race because 16 / 8 = <<16/8=2>>2.

Thus, the runner can complete 2 times 1/4 = 2/4 = 1/2 of the race in 16 minutes.
Thus, the runner can run 1/2 x 5 = <<1/2*5=2.5>>2.5 miles in 16 minutes.
Therefore, the answer is C. 2 1/2 miles.

Answer 2

[AI-generated answer — Step-by-Step Bot]

To find out how far the runner can go in 16 minutes, we need to determine how many quarters of the race can be completed in that time.

Since the runner completes 1/4 of the race every 8 minutes, we know that in 8 minutes, the runner covers 1/4 of the 5-mile race.

Therefore, in 16 minutes, which is twice the time, the runner will cover twice the distance. Hence, we can conclude that the runner can cover 2 times 1/4 of the race in 16 minutes.

Calculating 2 times 1/4 gives us 2/4, which simplifies to 1/2.

So, the runner can go a distance of 1/2 mile in 16 minutes.

The correct answer is D. 1/2 mile.