Question

Nate walks 25 meters in 13.7 seconds. If he walks at this same rate, which of the following is closest to the distance he will walk in 4 minutes?

A) 150 meters
B) 450 meters
C) 700 meters
D) 1,400 meters

I know this is super simple, but I'm dumb and can't figure it out.

Answer 1

The answer is A because that is the closest answer

Answer 2

`B.`
`450`
`meters`

Explanation:

This is a unit rate question, meaning we need to set up a proportion.

Since we know that Nate walked 25 meters within 13.7 seconds. We do this:

`(25)/(13.7)` =
`(x)/(240)`

(Changed the minutes to seconds)

Cross Multiply:

`25 * 240 = 6000`

This means that we have to find the closet value that multiples 13.7 into 6000.

This would be B. 450 meters

13.7 x 450 = 6165 which is the closest.