Question

1.) Hira can jog 120m per minute. A.) How far can she jog in 10 minutes? B.) How long will it take her to jog 2km? (Hint: 1km = 1000m)

Answer 1

Multiply the meters Hira can run in a minute by the 10 minutes provided:


`120 * 10 = 1200`

Hira can run 1200 meters in 10 minutes.

To find out how long it will take Hira to run 2km, convert kilometers into meters:


`2 * 1000 = 2000`

Set up an equation for this problem:


`120x = 2000`

x will represent minutes, and its coefficient, 120, will represent how many meters Hira can run in a minute.

Divide both sides by 120 to get x by itself:


`x = 16.67`

It will take 16.67 minutes for Hira to run 2km.