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A tortoise is walking in the desert. It takes 5 minutes to walk 62.5 meters. What is its speed? metersperminute

A tortoise is walking in the desert. It takes 5 minutes to walk 62.5 meters. What is its speed? metersperminute
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A tortoise is walking in the desert. It takes

5
minutes to walk
62.5
meters. What is its speed?

metersperminute

User Jason Baker
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if speed is written as meters/second and we have 62.5 meters waked/over 5 mins, but we want this per minuet so lets reduce everything by 5 resulting in 12.5/1 or 12.5 meters every min.
User Naresh Ramoliya
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62.5meters/5minutes=12.5m/min
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