A guy rides south on his bicycle in a straight line for 15. min. with an average speed of 12.5 km/h, how far has he ridden?
Distance=12.5 km/h/15 min.
12.5 km/h / .4 hrs.
Distance equals 3.125 kilometers right?
2007-09-06 20:44:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
d = v * t = 12.5 km/h * 0.25 h = 3.125 km
2007-09-06 20:52:11 · answer #1 · answered by nosf37 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right answer, wrong set-up.
D=SxT S= 12.5 T=1/4 hr not 0.4
D= 12.5 X 1/4 = 3.125 km
2007-09-07 03:55:32 · answer #2 · answered by Bomba 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Answer is right, but description on how you reached your solution is wrong.
It should be 12.5 x 0.25 or 12.5 x ¼ or 12.5/4.
15 minutes is ¼ of an hour, or 0.25, not 0.4!
2007-09-07 04:04:58 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
2007-09-07 03:55:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-09-07 03:53:02 · answer #5 · answered by applebeer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeap
2007-09-07 03:54:16 · answer #6 · answered by click_here 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-09-07 03:55:50 · answer #7 · answered by merrill r 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋