Clare spent a total of 25 minutes at the track. She spent 5 minutes stretching and walked 4 laps around the track. If she walked at a constant pace, how long did it take her to walk each lap? What was her pace in inches per second?

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Karli Stout

Mathematics

1 May, 05:14

Clare spent a total of 25 minutes at the track. She spent 5 minutes stretching and walked 4 laps around the track. If she walked at a constant pace, how long did it take her to walk each lap? What was her pace in inches per second?

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Ruth Howard · Answer 1

First, we subtract from the total time of 25 minutes the time she took for stretching which is 4 minutes. This would give us 21 minutes. Therefore, she walked each lap by 21/4 minutes. This is equivalent to 5.25 minutes.

For example the track is in feet and the rate would be x/5.25 minutes, the conversion to inches per second will become (x/5.25) (12/60).