Question 815310: A man has to walk 900 m to the bus station. If he walks at 6 km per hour, what fraction of the distance does he go in 5 minutes? Answer by brysca(112) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Under the presumption that this is a physics question, I am going to use the equation:
X=Xo+Vot+at^2
X= final position
Xo=Initial position
Vo=Initial velocity
t=time
a= acceleration
The initial position (Xo) is zero: Xo=0
The acceleration is zero, because the man walks at a constant velocity: at^2=0
So what is left over is the equation: X=Vot
When you use this equation the units must match. 6 km/h does not match up with 5 minutes.
To resolve this, you convert 5 minutes into hours by dividing (5/60) which equals of an hour.
Finally, you use X= Vot and plug in the corresponding variables
X= (6)()
X= .5 kilometers, or 500 meters
So in 5 minutes, the man should have walked 500 meters.
And as a fraction, this would be . would be your final answer.
-Bryan
