Question

A thunderstorm is moving in from the north. It is traveling at a speed of 4 m/s toward the south. If it will take the storm 7.5 minutes to arrive at your school, how far away is it now?

Answer 1

The thunderstorm is 1800 meters away from the school.

Step-by-step explanation:

A thunderstorm is traveling south at a speed of 4 m/s and it will take 7.5 minutes to arrive at the school. To calculate the distance of the storm from the school, we first convert the minutes to seconds because the speed is given in meters per second. There are 60 seconds in a minute, so 7.5 minutes equals 450 seconds (7.5 x 60).

Using the formula for speed (speed = distance / time), we can rearrange it to solve for distance (distance = speed x time). By plugging in the values, we get distance = 4 m/s x 450 s, which equals 1800 meters. So the thunderstorm is currently 1800 meters away from the school.