SOLUTION: if a cockroach is going 1.25 meters a second how fast will it go in 20 seconds

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Question 369934: if a cockroach is going 1.25 meters a second how fast will it go in 20 seconds
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
if a cockroach is going 1.25 meters a second how fast will it go in 20 seconds
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Use a proportion:
rate/time = rate/time
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rate /20sec = 1.25/1sec
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rate = 20*1.25
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rate = 25 meters
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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