Question

Post 1: Initial Response 1Using a basic timer (the one built into your smartphone will work well for this),time yourself walking 50 steps at your average pace.In your post, complete these steps and answer the question:• Set up a proportion.• Calculate how long it would take you to walk 10,000 steps at that samepace.• Thinking about a typical day in your life, how could you add in that much time for walking? You wouldn't have to do it all at once. For example, you might split it into a morning walk, a lunch break stroll, and an after supper walk with the family.(Note: If you are unable to complete the walking part of this for any reason, pleasefeel free to time a friend or family member or search the Internet to find anaverage walking speed.)Review an example of an initial response for this Discussion.

Answer 1

First, to walk 50 steps it takes you 32 seconds, that implies that it takes you

`\frac{32\text{ }}{50\text{ }}\frac{seconds}{\text{step}}`

each step. Then the proportion we set up is 32/50.

Now, we use this proportion to calculate how long would it take you to walk 10000 steps, for that we simply multiply

`10000step\cdot(32)/(50)\frac{\sec onds}{\text{step}}=\text{ 6400 seconds}`

So it would take you 6400 second to walk 10000 steps.

In a typical day to know how much time you spend walking you have to count every step you take anytime of the day that you find yourself walking, then you multiply the total number of steps with the proportion we set up above.