Question

A starfish’s top speed is approximately 161 centimeters per minute. What is this speed to the nearest centimeter per second?
2 centimeters per second
3 centimeters per second
9,660 centimeters per second
16,100 centimeters per second

Answer 1

1 minute has how many seconds ?

Answer 2

60

Answer 3

yes
so you know that the speed is 161 cm in 60 seconds

how you get the speed of x cm in 1 sec ?

Answer 4

divide 161 and 60

Answer 5

yes bc. than you see these above wrote and from these calcule the x value so that you cross multiplie so in this way will get

x = 161 /60 = ? cm/sec

yes perfect

Answer 6

congrats

Answer 7

thanks

Answer 8

yw

my pleasure and anytime