SOLUTION: how far have you traveled if you ran 15 minutes at 5 miles per hour

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Question 407879: how far have you traveled if you ran 15 minutes at 5 miles per hour
Found 3 solutions by jim_thompson5910, solver91311, MathLover1:
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source):
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Since 60 min = 1 hr, 15 min = 1/4 hr (divide both sides by 4)

So r = 5 and t = 1/4. Plug these values into d=rt to get

d=rt

d=(5)(1/4)

d=5/4

d=1 1/4

So you will have traveled one and a quarter miles.

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Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source):
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Distance equals rate times time if everything is in compatible units. That is to say miles equals miles per hour times hours, or feet equals feet per second times seconds, or kilometers equals kilometers per hour times hours.

You have a time in minutes and a rate in miles per hour. You either have to convert the given number of minutes to an equivalent number of hours, then multiply and get a number of miles. Or you could convert miles per hour to miles per minute which would also give you the same answer.

Hint: There are 60 minutes in 1 hour. So 15 minutes is hour. Or 5 mph is miles per minute.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source):
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If you multiply your average speed in by the number of you have traveled, the result will be the number of miles your have traveled.
let the number of miles your have traveled be , average speed , and the time you ran
given:
average speed is
.....let convert it in hours...

now find