Question

You are 0.5 miles (2 blocks) away from a coffee shop. How fast would you need to be walking (in mph) if you want to get there in 0.1 hours (6 minutes)?

Answer 1

ohkay great!
so, i need to cover up 0.5 miles, and I have to do that in 0.1hours.
Well, the required speed 's' would distance to be covered 'd' divided by time consumed 't'.

so, \(\large s = \frac d t\)


can you find out the speed from this?

Answer 2

where did the 8 come from?

Answer 3

He means to say that speed = distance/time

Answer 4

oh ok. so s= .5/.1?

Answer 5

if you need it in miles per hour, then yes

Answer 6

so speed, it would be 5mph

Answer 7

yeah! right correct-o!

Answer 8

Thank you so much! haha. (:

Answer 9

take care of the units though, and no worries ;)