Step-by-step explanation: Given that my friend started walking at a speed of 3 miles per hour and I started 5 minutes after him at a speed of 4 miles per hour. We need to find the number of miles my friend travelled when I started walking.

Since I started 5 minutes after than my friend, so we are to find the distance travelled by my friend in 5 minutes.

In 1 hour, i.e., 60 minutes, distance travelled by my friend = 3 miles.

In 1 minute, distance travelled by my friend is

$\dfrac{3}{60}=\dfrac{1}{20}~\textup{miles}.$

Therefore, distance travelled by my friend in 5 minutes will be

$\dfrac{1}{20}\times 5=\dfrac{1}{4}=0.25~\textup{miles}.$

Thus, the answer is 0.25 miles.

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Which expression best represents the difference between triple a number and double a number?

rusak2 [61]

Let x be the number. With this representation, double this number is 2x and thrice is 3x. We are asked to give an expression for the difference (subtraction) of these numbers, the answer to this question should be,
3x - 2x

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What fraction of 42 g is 7000 mg

Vsevolod [243]

Answer:

3/500

Step-by-step explanation:

42/7000 simplified is 3/500 or in decimal form it's 0.006

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