SOLUTION: It took Anne 8 minutes to walk around a square paddock. If she is walking at an average speed of 4.2km/h, find the width of the paddock in metres.
I have worked this problem out
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Question 764412: It took Anne 8 minutes to walk around a square paddock. If she is walking at an average speed of 4.2km/h, find the width of the paddock in metres.
I have worked this problem out, but just want to double check.
My answer was 33.6m. I'm not sure if this is right though.
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
min is hrs
km
This represents 4 sides of a square, so
the width is:
km
m
the width is 140 m
hope I got it
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