Question

A cyclist rides her bike at a speed of
24
kilometers per hour. What is this speed in kilometers per minute? How many kilometers will the cyclist travel in
15
minutes? Do not round your answers.

Answer 1

24km / hr equals \[\frac{ 24km }{ 1 hr}\]

Answer 2

in general you want to use a conversion fraction that changes the bottom from hours to minutes.

Answer 3

There are 60min in an hour.

Answer 4

you can using the rule of 3 simple
than you know that rides 24 km per hour what mean 24 km per 60 minutes so this mean

24 km ------- 60 min.
x km -------- 1 min.
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x = 1*24/60 = 24/60 = ?

hope helped

Answer 5

do you understand it ?

Answer 6

Start with \[\frac{ 24km }{ 1 hr}\] Because 1 hour = 60 minutes, multiply \[\frac{ 24km }{ 1 hr}\] by \[\frac{ 1hr }{ 60 \min}\]

Answer 7

Show your work, please. this will give you the speed in km/min.