Question

Zeke lives 1.59 miles from school. One day he misses the bus and must walk to school if he can walk 3 times per hour how many minutes will it take him to walk to school

Answer 1

The distance between him and school is 1.59 miles. Of course this distance is linear to make this problem simple. He walks with a speed of 3 miles per hour or 0.00083 mile per second.

To calculate time from distance and speed we use this formula: $t=\frac{d}{s}=\frac{3mil}{0.00083mil/s}\approx3614.46sec$ seconds. To convert minutes we divide number of second by 60. $t\div60=3614.46sec\div60\approx\boxed{60.24min}\approx\boxed{1h}$.

It will take him approximately 60 minutes to get to school.

Answer 2

Answer:

20 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

The wording of this question is a bit strange.  Are you saying that Zeke can walk to school 3 times per hour?  

If so, then the total distance he'd walk in 1 hour would be 3(1.59 miles), or

4.77 miles.  So he walks 4.77 mph.

How long to talk to school?  Divide 1.59 miles by 4.77 mph.  The result is:

1/3 hour or 20 minutes.