Question

On his way to the park, Nathan rides his bike at a rate of 0.50 mile per minute for 3 minutes. He stops to admire an antique car parked outside his friend's house for 5 minutes, and then continues his trip by riding his bike at a rate of 0.40 mile per minute for 4 minutes

Answer 1

Answer and Step-by-step explanation:

Although the question is not complete, but with the context of the question, they are most likely going to ask for the total distance travelled or the total time or speed. So let's work on that.

Total time travelled = (3 + 5 + 4) = 12mins

Total speed travelled = (0.50 + 0.00 + 0.40)miles/min = 0.90mile/min

The 0.00 represents the period he was at rest admiring an antique car. At this moment, he was not moving so his speed is 0.

Total distance travelled = total speed x total time = 0.90miles/min x 12min = 10.8miles