Xóchitl, who has already warmed up, immediately starts to pedal at a rate of 18hkm on a stationary bike.She sees that her friend Cowessess has already pedaled. 12 minutes at an average rate of 10hkm.Assuming Cowessess's rate stays the same, how long would Xóchitl have to pedal to catch up to Cowessess's distance?
Q. Xóchitl, who has already warmed up, immediately starts to pedal at a rate of 18hkm on a stationary bike.She sees that her friend Cowessess has already pedaled. 12 minutes at an average rate of 10hkm.Assuming Cowessess's rate stays the same, how long would Xóchitl have to pedal to catch up to Cowessess's distance?
Calculate Distance Covered: Calculate the distance Cowessess has already covered.Cowessess has pedaled for 12 minutes at a rate of 10km/h. To find the distance, we convert the time to hours and multiply by the rate.12 minutes =6012 hours =0.2 hoursDistance = Rate × TimeDistance =10km/h×0.2hoursDistance =2km
Determine Time for Xóchitl: Determine how long it will take Xóchitl to cover the same distance.Xóchitl is pedaling at a rate of 18km/h. To find the time it takes to cover 2km, we divide the distance by Xóchitl's rate.Time = Distance / RateTime = 2km/18km/hTime = 1/9hoursTo convert this time into minutes, we multiply by 60.Time in minutes = (1/9)×60Time in minutes = 6.666… minutesXóchitl would need to pedal for approximately 6.67 minutes to cover 2km.
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