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Short answer: 45 minutes

Explanation: We're going to use proportions to figure this out. We have a known proportion of 12 km per 60 minutes (one hour) which we'll represent as 12/60. We then have a similar proportion with 9 km of unknown time which we'll represent as 9/X. We know these two proportions are equal so we end up with the equation:

12/60 = 9/x

Now we simplify:

12/60 = 9/X

12X = 9*60

12X = 540

X = 45

So now we know the proportion is 9 km per 45 minutes. We can also say that the runner can run 9km in 45 minutes.

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