Question

Gerard tales 30 minutes to run 6000 metres at a steady speed. How long would he take to run 1 kilometre at the same steady speed

Answer 1

Answer: He would take 0.0833 hour or 5 mins

Explanation:

Given that Gerard ran a 6000 metres in 30 minutes, Speed becomes

Speed =distance / time

But time to hours becomes 30/ 60=1/2=0.5hr

and meters to kilometres becomes 6000/1000=6 km

Speed =6/0.5 =12 km/h

Now if he runs 1 kilometre at same speed of 12 km/h . he will take

Time =distance/ Speed

Time =1/12=0.0833 hour Changing to mins becomes 0.08333 x 60=5 mins