Question

A tortoise is walking in the desert it walks 37.5 meters at a speed of 3 meters per minute for how many minutes does it walk

Answer 1

You can use the formula S=d/t. S being average speed, d being distance, and t being time. Since the speed and distance are both in meters, there’s no need to convert the units.

The tortoise walks at a pace of 3 meters per minute, so you can plug that in for S. It has gone 37.5 meters, which is d. Thus, you get 3=37.5/t. Isolate for t. You can multiply both sides by t (to get 3t=37.5) and then divide both sides by 3. Thus, the tortoise took 12.5 minutes.

Answer 2

12 mins and 5 seconds

Step-by-step explanation:

the question says that the tortoise is walking 37.5 meters.

In this question, I divide the full question into 3 parts, which helps me to understand the question well.

1. the tortoise is walking 37.5 meters.

2. at a speed of 3 meters per minute.

3. the answer they need.

the tortoise is walking at a speed of 3 meters per minute.

3 meters → 1 min

for 37.5 meters,

divide 37.5 by 3

so the answer you get is 12.5

meaning, the tortoise gets 12 mins and 5 seconds to walk 37.5 meters.