Question

While waiting in line, you become curious about how long it takes to complete 1 lap on a go-kart track. The track is 1 mile long, and the go-karts can travel at 20 miles per hour. Calculate how many minutes it takes to complete 1 lap. (Use the literal equation 'Speed = Distance/Time').

Answer 1

It takes 3 minutes to complete 1 lap on the go-kart track.

Step-by-step explanation:

To calculate how long it takes to complete 1 lap on a go-kart track, we can use the equation Speed = Distance/Time. In this case, the distance is 1 mile and the speed is 20 miles per hour.

We can rearrange the equation to solve for time: Time = Distance/Speed.

Substituting the values, we get Time = 1 mile / 20 miles per hour. By simplifying, we find that it takes 0.05 hours to complete 1 lap.

To convert this time to minutes, we can multiply by 60 minutes in an hour, so it takes;

0.05 hours * 60 minutes per hour = 3 minutes to complete 1 lap on the go-kart track.