Question

A piece of equipment moves 16.8 yards in 12 minutes. how many feet does it move per minute? round the answer to three decimal places

Answer 1

16.8/3=5.6

5.6/12=0.467

It moves 0.467 feet per minute.

Answer 2

Answer: Hello there!

You know that the piece of equipment moves 16.8 yards in 12 minutes and you want to know how many feet does it move per minute.

The first step is to write 16.8 yards in feet.

We know that 1 yard is equal to 3 feet

So 16.8 yards are equivalent to 3*16.8ft = 50.4ft

So the equipment moves 50.4 feet in 12 minutes, if you want how many feet it moves per minute, you need to divide the total distance by the amount of time it took to travel it:

v = 50.4ft/12 min = 4.2 feet per minute.