Question

Rob is on vacation in Paris, France. When Rob visited the Eiffel Tower today, he climbed 1,000 stairs in 25 minutes. Tomorrow, Rob will climb 280 stairs at Montmartre. If he climbs at the same rate, how many minutes will it take Rob to climb the stairs tomorrow?

Answer 1

7 minutes

Explanation:

Answer 2

7 minutes

Explanation:

The computation of the number of minutes that climbs the stairs tomorrow is shown below:

Given that

He claimed 1000 stairs in 25 minutes

So for 280 stairs, he would take

= 280 × 25 minutes ÷ 1000 minutes

= 7000 ÷ 1000

= 7 minutes

hence, 7 minutes would be taken

The same is to be considered