Sheila can ride her bicycle 6000 meters in 15 minutes. How far can she ride her bicycle in 2 minutes?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-27T15:58:07

$800$ meters

We first find the speed of Sheila by the speed equation, which is:

$v=d/t$

$d$ is the total distance traveled

$t$ is the total time taken

And so, we get:

$v=(6000 \ "m")/(15 \ "min")$

$=400 \ "m/min"$

Now, we find the distance traveled in $2$ minutes by solving for distance in the speed equation, which becomes:

$d=v*t$

Inputting our values, we get:

$(400 \ "m")/(color(red)cancelcolor(black)"min")*2color(red)cancelcolor(black)"min"=800 \ "m"$