Question

The tires of a go-kart are 1 m in circumference. The tires revolve 15 times per second.

What is the distance the go-kart travels in 40 seconds?

Answer 1

600 miles

Explanation:

Answer 2

600

Explanation:

The circumference of a tire is the distance around it. The distance around these tires is 1 m. Since the tires revolve 15 times per second, this means every second the tires travel 15 m. This means that in 40 seconds, the tires travel15(40) = 600 m.

15 x 40 = 600