Question

Bike speed of 21miles per hour. What is the speed per minute how many miles will the cyclist travel in 10 minutes

Answer 1

Answer:

First part: 0.35 miles per minute

Second part: 3.5 miles in 10 minutes

Step-by-step explanation:

Think about this as a fraction. Fractions can't be added nor subtracted unless they share the same denominator. So for this case, we have to turn hours into minutes. So 21 mph becomes 21 miles per 60 minutes. Then, we divide 60 from each side to find the speed per minute. 21/60 = 0.35, so the answer to the first part is 0.35 miles per minute.

Using what we got, we can answer the second part of the distance covered in 10 minutes. So, we just multiply 0.35 by 10 which is 3.5 miles covered in 10 minutes.