SOLUTION: What is the speed of an airports moving sidewalk if a person travels 1/8 mile in 1.5 minutes while Walking 300 ft./min on the moving sidewalk ?

Question 1107451: What is the speed of an airports moving sidewalk if a person travels 1/8 mile in 1.5 minutes while
Walking 300 ft./min on the moving sidewalk ?
Answer by ikleyn(52754) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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Add the two speeds:

    one is 1/8 mile in 1.5 minutes = 1 miles in 12 minutes = 5 miles in 1 hour


    and the other speed is  300 ft/min = 300*60 ft/hour =  = 3.4 miles per hour

and you will get the total speed of 8.4 miles per hour.

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