Mila jogged 4.6 miles in 48 minutes. If she jogged at a constant rate, what was her jogging speed?
You have two numbers. What do you think you should do?
add?
subtract?
multiply?
divide?
What answer do you get? Does it make sense?
another hint.
speed is is miles per minute
or, miles/minute
To find Mila's jogging speed, we need to divide the distance she jogged by the time it took her.
The distance Mila jogged is given as 4.6 miles, and the time it took her is 48 minutes.
Jogging speed is defined as distance divided by time:
Speed = Distance / Time
Plugging in the values we know:
Speed = 4.6 miles / 48 minutes
To make the units consistent, we need to convert the time to hours, since the distance is in miles. There are 60 minutes in an hour, so we divide the time (48 minutes) by 60 to get hours:
Speed = 4.6 miles / (48 minutes / 60 minutes per hour)
Simplifying:
Speed = 4.6 miles / (48/60) hours
Since dividing by a fraction is the same as multiplying by its reciprocal, we can rewrite the expression as:
Speed = 4.6 miles * (60/48) hours
Simplifying:
Speed = 4.6 miles * (5/4) hours
Multiplying across:
Speed = 23/4 miles per hour
So Mila's jogging speed is 23/4 miles per hour, which is equal to 5.75 miles per hour.