If I riding a bike at 12mph how many miles will I travel in 20 minutes

Question

If I riding a bike at 12mph how many miles will I travel in 20 minutes

Answer 1

The question may be answered easily by first determining how far we would ride the bike in 1 hour. Riding the bike 12 mph (miles per hour) for one hour, we would ride the bike 12 miles.

 

Since 20 minutes is 1/3 of a hour, divide 12 by 3 to find out how far the biker traveled in 1/3 of the time: 4 miles.

Answer 2

Two different units of measure for time are used - hours and seconds. To continue on must be changed to the other.

 

20 minutes = 20/60 hour

                 = 1/3 hour

 

Distance = rate · time

d = 12m/h · 1h/3

d = 4m

 

You rode 4 miles.