SOLUTION: How do you solve this problem? How long would it take you to walk 500 meters if you walked 10 meters in 6 seconds?

Question 901477: How do you solve this problem? How long would it take you to walk 500 meters if you walked 10 meters in 6 seconds?
Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, josmiceli:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
50 times the distance --> 50 times the time
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You can set up a ratio:
( distance1 walked ) / ( time to walk it ) =
( distance2 walked ) / ( time to walk it )
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Let = time is seconds

Multiply both sides by

It would take 300 seconds to walk 500 meters
You can convert seconds to minutes:

It would take 5 minutes to walk 500 meters

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