A fire truck travelling at fifty miles an hour takes 5 minutes to reach the emergency scene. How many miles is the fire station from this incident?
2006-12-07 07:16:26 · 7 answers · asked by Belinda M 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
distance=speed*time
=50*5/60
=250/60
=4 1/6 miles
2006-12-07 07:20:23 · answer #1 · answered by raj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
50 mi/hr*5/60 hr=250/60=25/6=4 1/6 miles
2006-12-07 09:22:56 · answer #2 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First convert the minutes to hours. 5min x 1 hour/60 min =0.0833hr
then use the formula: x = r x t (distance = rate x time)
x = 50 mph x 0.0833h = 4.17mi
2006-12-07 07:27:45 · answer #3 · answered by docrider28 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
since the truck is traveling with constant velocity hence the distance can be calculated by simply multiplying speed by time. But the time 5min must first be changed into hours. so it becomes (5/60)hours.
2006-12-07 07:44:53 · answer #4 · answered by Napster 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
4.16 miles
First you got 50 miles X 60 minute
50/60=0.833333
then you got 5 minutes
0.83333X 5 = 4.166666
2006-12-07 07:25:24 · answer #5 · answered by Janina H 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
speed=distance/time
or v=d/t
50 mph=x/ (1/12) (5 min=1/12 hr)
x=50/12
x=25/6 miles or 4.167 miles
2006-12-07 07:25:09 · answer #6 · answered by Kate 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
d = rt, where d is distance.....r is rate or speed and t is the time in hours. d = 50*(1/12)
2006-12-07 07:25:01 · answer #7 · answered by Ray 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋