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Yep, its all about how the units cancel out in this problem.

I'll give you a simple example so I can show you.

Lets say I walk at a rate of (2miles / hour), and I traveled a distance of 5 miles, how long did it take?

5 miles divided by (2 miles / hours)

if you set it up like a fraction it looks like

5mi/2mi/hr = mi cancel, hr comes out of the denominator (see fraction over fraction if this is confusing), and you get 5/2hr or 2.5 hours to walk 5 miles

One thing to remember is make sure the rate, and distance are in the same unit.

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