document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=984474>Question 984474</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How long would I be walking backwards for ten minutes if it took 68 hundreths of a second for 5 meters, </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #605415 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><B>Theo(13342)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Theo><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Theo><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=605415\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 5 meters every 68 hundredths of a second.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "10 minutes is equal to 10 * 60 = 600 seconds.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "600 seconds divided by 68/100 is equal to 600 * 100 / 68 which is equal to 852.3529412 seconds<BR>\n" );
document.write( "what this means is that 68/100 of a second divides into 10 minutes 882.3529412 times.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if you are traveling 5 meters every 68/100 of a second, then you will have traveled 5 * 882.3529412 = 4411.764706 meters in 10 minutes.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "another way of looking at it is as follows:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you walk 5 meters in 68/100 of a second.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "this means that you walk 7.352941176 meters in a second.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "ten minutes is equal to 600 seconds.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "600 * 7.352941176 = 4411.764706 meters.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "same answer, as it should be.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "to test the reasonableness of the answer, do the following:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "if you walk 7.352941176 meters in a second, then:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "68/100 * 7.352941176 = 5 meters in 68/100 of a second.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "all the numbers check out except it is not likely that you could walk that fast whether you were going forwards or backwards.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "the average person walks about 3 miles per hour, going forward.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that comes out to be about 20 minutes  per mile.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "that means about 1/2 mile every 10 minutes.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "you're walking 2.73 miles in 10 minutes?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "not likely.\r<BR>\n" );
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