Oops - bad math

[Wendy Milner <wendy@wendy.cnd.hp.com>]

I will not give math answers without checking.
I will not give math answers without checking.
I will not give math answers without checking.
I will not give math answers without checking.
I will not give math answers without checking.

OK.  Let's try this again.

If the horse walks at 6 MPH,

        6 miles          1 mile
6 MPH = ----------   = ----------
	60 minutes       10 min

So, walking for 5 minutes you get:  1 mile                   1 mile
				    ------  X 5 minutes  =  ---------
				    10 min                    2

Which is 1/2 mile.

If the horse trots at 10 MPH,

           10 miles             1 mile
10 MPH =  -----------    =   ------------
	   60 minutes           6 minutes

So, troting for 10 minutes, you get:   1 mile                 10 miles
				      ------- X 10 minutes = -------
				       6 min                  6

And 10/6 is 1.6666 miles 

I knew I should have done math instead of writing it out as
English.  Numbers are so much easier.

--
Wendy

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