Question

Jason runs 440 yards in 75 seconds at this rate how many minutes does it take him to run a mile

Answer 1

1 mile=1760 yards.

1760/440=4

75*6=300 sec

Hence, 300 sec=6 minutes

6 minutes

Answer 2

Given:

Distance= 440 yards

Time= 75 seconds

To find:

Time taken to run a mile( in minutes)

Solution:

As we know, 1 mile = 1760 yards

By unitary method,

Time taken to run 440 yards= 75 seconds

Time taken to run 1 yard= 75/440 seconds

So, the time taken to run 1760 yards = (75/440)*1760 = 299.99 or 300 seconds.

Now to convert 300 seconds to minutes:

As we know-

60 seconds = 1 minute

So, 300 seconds= 300/60 = 5 minutes.

It takes 5 minutes for Jason to run a mile.