If it takes me 15 minutes to go 3 miles on a bicycle how many feet would i go in 3 minutes

Question

If it takes me 15 minutws to go 3 miles on a bicycle hoq many feet would i go in 3 minutes

Answer 1

First, you need to determine how many feet are in a mile. The answer is 5280. So in 15 minutes, you go 5280 x 3 feet = 15,840 feet.

Now you set up a ratio. You are putting minutes on the top and feet on the bottom.15 minutes over 15,840 feet equals 3 minutes over f feet.

15/15840 = 3/f.

Now you cross-multiply. 15 x f = 15f

15840 x 3 = 47520

15f = 47520.

Now you divide both sides by 15 to get the f by itself. 15f / 15 = f

47520 / 15 = 3168.

In 3 minutes you would go 3168 feet.