Question

"Nathan takes 42 minutes to thread a distance of 4.5 miles on a threadmill. Determine the average distance covered in one minute". Please help me answer this

Answer 1

Solution:

we are given that

Nathan takes 42 minutes to thread a distance of 4.5 miles on a threadmill.

we have been asked to find the average distance covered in one minute.

Using the  concept of unity we can write

Since Nathan takes 42 minutes to cover a distance of 4.5 miles.

So in 1 minute Nathan will cover a distance of $=\frac{4.5}{42} =1.07142miles$

Hence avearge distance covered in one minute is 1.1 miles.

Answer 2

Answer:

0.107

Step-by-step explanation:

If nathan takes 42 mintues to thread a distance of 4.5 miles we must determine the spead that Nathan travels:

Speed is defined as the distance per time. Let v equal the average distance per minute, d is distance and t is time:

$v=d/t$

Therefore the average distance cover per one minute is:

$v=4.5/42=0.107$

Nathan covers 0.107 miles per one minute.