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An elephant charged 13.3 meters in 15seconds. At this rate, how far would theelephant move if it could charge for 1minute? (15 seconds = minute)

User Stfvns
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Answer:

53.2 m/min

Explanation:

I'm not sure if (15 seconds = minute) is part of the question.

Because 15 seconds is not minute. 60 seconds is in a minute

if (15 seconds = minute) then the answer's just 13.3 m/min?? That makes no sense

so assuming 60seconds = min

13.3/15s * 60s/min would be 13.3*4 = 53.2

Other way to think about this is to say to yourself if elephant moved 13.3 meter in 15 seconds how many meter would they go in 1 minute(which would be 4x longer).

User Amree
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Answer:

53.2 meters

Explanation:

If an elephant charged 13.3 meters in 15 seconds, to calculate the distance charged by the elephant in one minute we do the following:

15 seconds by 13.3 meters and 1 minute (60 seconds) by x

Note: Why x and why set up this way? We need to figure out how far it traveled in 1 min aka 60 seconds, so if we set up what we know (16 by 13.3) we can cross multiply to figure out the ratio and get our answer :D

also written as:


(15)/(13.5) = (60 [1 min])/(x)

(time on top and distance on bottom!)

Cross multiply:

15 * x = 13.3 * 60

15x = 798

Divide both sides by 15

5x/15 = 798/15

x = 53.2 meters

So the elephant will charge 53.2 meters for 1 minute!

Hope this helps, have a nice day! :D

(I said I couldn't do it and left it in the comments, but now it is letting me!)

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