2016 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 4
Problem
When Cheenu was a boy, he could walk 
miles in 
hours and 
minutes. As an old man, he can now walk 
miles in 
hours. How many minutes longer does it take for him to walk a mile now compared to when he was a boy?
Solution
When Cheenu was a boy, he could run miles in hours and minutes 
minutes 
minutes, thus running 
minutes per mile. Now that he is an old man, he can walk miles in hours 
minutes 
minutes, thus walking 
minutes per mile. Therefore, it takes him 
minutes longer to walk a mile now compared to when he was a boy.
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Another Solution From the question, the old man can travel five miles in two hours, so we can set both speeds to 15 miles. We can see that Cheenu as an old man takes 2hrs 30mins for him to travel 15 miles, which is also 150 minutes. We can then divide this by fifteen, which gives us 10, so the answwer is B) 10
