an antelope ran 237 feet in 3 seconds. if the antelope
continued to run at the same rate, how many seconds would it take him to run 790 feet
237/3 = 79 ft/second
790/79 = 10 seconds
To find out how many seconds it would take the antelope to run 790 feet, we can set up a proportion using the given information.
Let's call the unknown number of seconds x. We know that the ratio of distance to time is the same in both cases, so we can set up the following proportion:
237 feet / 3 seconds = 790 feet / x seconds
To solve for x, we can cross multiply:
237 * x = 3 * 790
Multiply:
237x = 2370
Now, divide both sides of the equation by 237 to isolate x:
x = 2370 / 237
Simplify:
x ≈ 10
Therefore, it would take the antelope approximately 10 seconds to run 790 feet, assuming it continues to run at the same rate.