Question

Tanya is training a turtle for a turtle race. For every 5/6of an hour that the turtle is crawling, he can travel 3/20 of a mile. At what rate is the turtle crawling in miles per hour?

Answer 1

The rate at which the turtle is crawling can be found by dividing the distance traveled in miles by the time in hours.

So, the turtle can travel 3/20 of a mile in 5/6 of an hour, which means that the turtle is crawling at a rate of (3/20) / (5/6) miles per hour.

To simplify, we need to convert both the numerator and denominator to a common unit. If we multiply the numerator and denominator by 6, we get:

(3/20) * 6 / (5/6) * 6 = 3 / 5 miles per hour.

Therefore, the turtle is crawling at a rate of 3/5 miles per hour.