A tortoise is walking in the desert. It takes

6

minutes to walk
7.68

meters. What is its speed?

7.68 is the total amount of distance in meters, 6 is the total amount of time in minutes. to get the speed per minute divide the total speed

(7.68 divided by 6)

The answer is 1.28 meters per minute.

Well, it seems like that tortoise is definitely taking its sweet time! If we divide the distance walked, which is 7.68 meters, by the time taken, which is 6 minutes, we'll get the speed. So, let's do some math, shall we?

7.68 meters divided by 6 minutes equals... umm... "hurry up, tortoise, my calculator is getting impatient!" Sorry, I lost track there. But I can tell you this much, that tortoise is certainly not going to break any land speed records with that pace!

To find the speed of the tortoise, we need to divide the distance it covers by the time it takes. In this case, the distance covered by the tortoise is 7.68 meters and the time taken is 6 minutes.

To convert the time from minutes to seconds, we multiply it by 60 (since there are 60 seconds in a minute).

So, the time taken in seconds is:

6 minutes × 60 seconds/minute = 360 seconds.

Now, we can calculate the speed of the tortoise by dividing the distance by the time:

Speed = Distance/Time = 7.68 meters/360 seconds.

To get the answer, we divide 7.68 by 360:

Speed = 0.0213 meters/second.

Therefore, the speed of the tortoise is approximately 0.0213 meters per second.

oops - that's m/min, not miles!

clearly, 7.68mi/6min = 7.68/6 mi/min