Question

Pietro sailed his sailboat 1,260 yards in 30 minutes. What is the average number of yards he traveled per minute?

Answer 1

We are trying to find yards/min, which signifies that we will be dividing a number of yards by a number of minutes. Our number of yards is 1,260 yards and the number of minutes is 30. Thus, the average number of yards/min is:

`\frac{1260 \, \textrm{yards}}{30 \,\textrm{minutes}} = 42 \frac{\textrm{yards}}{\textrm{minute}}`

Our answer is 42 yards/min.

Answer 2

1260yds/30 min = 42 yds/min