Alan keeps fit by cycling each night he warms up 45 minutes and then cycle several laps each let's take him two minutes to complete. Calculate how many laps he cycles if he takes 45 minutes all together
since 45 = 45+0, he takes 0 laps
I suspect a typo. If so, see your previous post to solve for x.
To calculate the number of laps Alan cycles, you need to determine how much time he spends on cycling after the warm-up.
Alan's total exercise time is 45 minutes (including his warm-up). Since he warms up for 45 minutes, his actual cycling time is 45 - 45 = 0 minutes.
To find out the number of laps Alan cycles, divide his cycling time (in minutes) by the time it takes him to complete one lap.
Alan takes 2 minutes to complete one lap, and he has no actual cycling time. Therefore, the number of laps Alan cycles is 0 ÷ 2 = 0 laps.
Therefore, Alan does not cycle any laps if he takes 45 minutes in total.
If Alan warms up for 45 minutes and then cycles for 45 minutes, the total time for both activities is 45 + 45 = 90 minutes.
Since Alan takes 2 minutes to complete each lap, we can divide the total time (90 minutes) by the time taken per lap (2 minutes) to find the number of laps cycled:
90 minutes / 2 minutes per lap = 45 laps
Therefore, Alan cycles 45 laps in total.