SOLUTION: Hannah wants to estimate the number of steps she would take if she walked from New York to Los Angeles. Which of the following would be the best strategy? what is the process used
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Question 945573: Hannah wants to estimate the number of steps she would take if she walked from New York to Los Angeles. Which of the following would be the best strategy? what is the process used to get the answer
A. Multiply the number of feet in one mile by the length in feet of one step, then multiply by the distance in miles from New York to Los Angeles.
B. Divide the number of feet in one mile by the length in feet of one step, then multiply by the distance in miles from New York to Los Angeles.
C. Divide the number of feet in one mile by the length in feet of one step, then divide by the distance in miles from New York to Los Angeles.
D. Multiply the number of feet in one mile by the length in feet of one step, then divide by the distance in miles from New York to Los Angeles.
Answer by KMST(5328) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
The right answer is
There are multiple strategies to get to the answer
(or to reassure yourself that you are choosing the right answer).
C and D do not make sense:
The longer the distance in miles, the more steps Hannah would need,
so multiplying by the distance makes sense;
dividing by that distance does not make sense.
B makes more sense than A:
The greater the length of Hannah's step, the less steps she will need,
so dividing by the length of her step makes sense;
multiplying by the length of her step does not makes sense.
Dividing the number of feet in one mile by the length in feet of Hannah's average step,
you get the number of steps Hannah would take to walk one mile.
Then, multiplying that result times the number of miles between New York and Los Angeles
(the distance in miles from New York to Los Angeles),
you get the number of steps Hannah would take to walk from New York to Los Angeles.
Maybe some algebra-formula-like statement would sound more convincing:
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