Time=600mph/5miles

Question

If a jet can travel at 600mph, how long in seconds will it take the jet to travel 5 miles?

Answer 1

Mike, this question is telling you that in one hour (60 minutes or 3600 seconds), a jet will travel 600 miles.

 

It wants to know how many seconds it will take to travel 5 miles.

 

So, we have that 600 miles/3600 seconds = 5 miles/x seconds.

 

Cross multiply.  600x = 18000, so x = 30 seconds.

 

Hope this helps!