Atrain travels 16 miles in 20 minutes. at this rate, how many minutes will it take to travel 12 miles?

A train travels 12 miles in 15 minute .

Step-by-step explanation:

Given  : A train travels 16 miles in 20 minutes. At this rate,

To find  :  how many minutes will it take to travel 12 miles.

Solution : We have given

A train travels 16 miles =  20 minutes.

A train travels 1 miles  =   minutes.

A train travels 12 miles =  [tex]\frac{20 *12}{16}[/te minutes.

A train travels 12 miles = 15 minute .

Therefore, A train travels 12 miles in 15 minute .

step-by-step explanation:

the multiplicative inverse of a fraction a/b is b/a. for the multiplicative inverse of a real number, divide 1 by the number. for example, the reciprocal of 5 is one fifth 1/5 or 0.2, and the reciprocal of 0.25 is 1 divided by 0.25, or 4.

it would be 6xy and -16xy.