Register
An airplane can fly at a speed, that allows it to fly 50 yards in 3⁄2 of a second. How long will it take an airplane at the same speed to fly 20 yards? Write your answer as a fraction of a second.
98.0k views
4 votes
An airplane can fly at a speed, that allows it to fly 50 yards in 3⁄2 of a second. How long will it take an airplane at the same speed to fly 20 yards? Write your answer as a fraction of a second.

User Mhagger
by
6.2k points

1 Answer

4 votes
find the ratio of 20 yards compared to 50 yards:

20/50 = 2/5
this means it would take 2/5 of the time to fly 20 yards
multiply 3/2 seconds by 2/5

3/2 * 2/5 = 6/10 = 3/5 of a second to fly 20 yards


User Thoth
by
6.3k points
Ask a Question
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.

6.6m questions

8.7m answers

Other Questions

What is the least common denominator of the four fractions 20 7/10 20 3/4 18 9/10 20 18/25
What is the initial value and what does it represent? $4, the cost per item $4, the cost of the catalog $6, the cost per item $6, the cost of the catalog?
What is distributive property ?
What is the measure of xyz
giles is searching for a sock and discovers that he has 10 socks for every 5 pairs of shoes. if he has 20 socks how many pair of shoes does he have
Link Copied!