SOLUTION: If a train travels 60 kms an hour how far can it travel in 5 mins, 10mins, 20 mins?

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Question 351797: If a train travels 60 kms an hour how far can it travel in 5 mins, 10mins, 20 mins?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Throughout the problem,

Use to get

a) 5 mins:

5 minutes = hours


So







So the train travels 5 km in 5 minutes

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b) 10 mins:

10 minutes = hours


So








So the train travels 10 km in 10 minutes

Starting to see a pattern?

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a) 20 mins:

20 minutes = hours

So








So the train travels 20 km in 20 minutes


Note: If a train is traveling 60 kph, then in 'x' minutes it has traveled 'x' kilometers.

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