Question

karen walks home from school at a speed of 5 kilometers per hour she takes 12 minutes to reach home what is the distance between her school and her home

Answer 1

The answer is 1km.

5 km is covered in 1 hours, which is 60 min.

12 min is 1/5 of 60, so 1/5 of 5 km is 1 km.

Answer 2

The distance between her school and her home is 1 kilometer.

Explanation:

This problem can be solve by a simple rule of three.

We have that she walks home from school at a speed of 5 kilometers per hour. An hour has 60 minutes. This means that in 60 minutes, she walks 5 kilometers. How many kilometers she walks in 12 minutes?

60 min - 5 km

12 min - x km

`60x = 12*5`

`60x = 60`

`x = 1`

The distance between her school and her home is 1 kilometer.