Question

Every morning Jim runs for 20 minutes if Jim runs for 9 miles per hour how far does he travel

Answer 1

One hour is sixty minutes, so if he runs nine miles in one hour and he only runs for twenty minutes than it should be 9/3= 3 miles

Answer 2

First we have to know how much of one hour is 20 min.
To get it, we have to dividie 20min by 60 min (60 min=1hour), so
20:60=
`(20)/(60)= (2)/(6)= (1)/(3)`

We know that

`v= (s)/(t)`
where v is velocity, s is distance and t is time
We can modify formula to get


`v= (s)/(t) \\ v*t=s`
Now we just have to substitute our data ( t=1/3 and v=9 miles/hour)
s=
`(1)/(3)*9`=3 miles - its the result