If a car travels 3 miles in 5 minutes how fast (mph) is it going? Basic ALGEBRA Word Problem

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  • @advancedautomotivemachine4791
    @advancedautomotivemachine4791 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

    5 minutes goes into 60 minutes 12 times. 12 times 3 = 36 miles per hour. Did it in my head faster than I could type it.

    • @marknesselhaus4376
      @marknesselhaus4376 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Yup, same for me.

    • @Aircox23
      @Aircox23 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Same. No formula needed.

    • @markdevries670
      @markdevries670 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Same here.

    • @jald910
      @jald910 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Likewise

    • @robertgiles1071
      @robertgiles1071 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Me too

  • @doughoffman9463
    @doughoffman9463 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Please teach dimensional analysis. This is the engineer's bread and butter (you had it right that "per" is interchangeable with the "divide bar"):
    3 miles 60 minutes
    ----------- x -------------------- =
    5 minutes 1 hour
    The minutes cancel out leaving : 3 x 60 miles 180 miles
    -------------------- = ----------------- = 36 miles per hour
    5 x 1 hour 5 hour

  • @tomtke7351
    @tomtke7351 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    3mi/5min
    = 6mi/10min
    = 0.6mi/min
    = 0.6mi/min × 60min/hr
    = 36mi/hr

  • @Goinggoinggoneagain
    @Goinggoinggoneagain 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    3 miles in 5 min/ 9 miles in 15 min/ 36 miles in 1 hour/ 36mph

  • @Steven_Rowe
    @Steven_Rowe 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Are you kidding, algebra,i can do it in my head, no calculator either
    3 miles x (60/5)
    3 miles X 12
    =36 mph
    I am glad i went to school in the 60s, im also glad i learnt basic arithmatic too.

  • @EricWells-s2p
    @EricWells-s2p 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    No calculator
    3 miles / 5 minutes
    36 miles / 60 minutes
    36MPH

  • @Peter-jk1lt
    @Peter-jk1lt 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    3 mile---------------5 minutes
    x miles--------------60minutes (1h)
    --------------------------------------------------------
    x= (3 times 60) divided by 5 =3.12=36 m/h

  • @robertb8417
    @robertb8417 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    No need for algebra...just unit analysis: 3miles/5min*60min/1hr=36miles/hr

  • @chrisdissanayake6979
    @chrisdissanayake6979 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Answer: 36 mph
    -----------
    The car goes 3 miles in 5 minutes.
    The speed in miles per hour:
    3 miles 60 minutes
    ---. x ------
    5 minutes 1 hour
    (minutes on denominator cancels off with minutes on numerator)
    180 miles
    ------
    5 hours
    36 miles
    -----
    1 hour

  • @michaelalexander4331
    @michaelalexander4331 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I just solved for the speed in one minute (3/5= .6 miles), and then multiplied by 60 minutes. Answer = 36 miles an hour.

  • @greorbowlfinder7078
    @greorbowlfinder7078 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    36 I looked at a clock and counted by 3s.

  • @terry_willis
    @terry_willis 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I used Y instead of X and still got 36mph.

  • @abdukadirnur6110
    @abdukadirnur6110 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    3miles/5minutes= X / 60minutes/hr
    Cross multiplication
    3miles * 60minutes /hr = x(5minutes)
    3miles*60minutes/hr(5minutes)= x (5minutes)/5minutes)
    3miles *12/hr = x
    X=36miles/ hr

  • @brianrollins3245
    @brianrollins3245 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Mean speed is 36 mph but that is not the question asked At T=0 the vehicle is going 0 mph, it then accelerates for an unknown period but travels three miles in five minutes.

  • @cyruschang1904
    @cyruschang1904 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    3 miles/5 min = (3 x 12) miles/ (5 x 12) min = 36 miles/hour

  • @tikaanipippin
    @tikaanipippin 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Rate is in miles/hour or mph so R=D/T. An analog clock face has 12 x 5 minute divisions for each hour, so there are 12 x 3mile segments in an hour = 36 mph

  • @stevendebettencourt7651
    @stevendebettencourt7651 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Alright, change of unit problem, nice.
    So this car travelled 3 miles in 5 minutes, and we could say 3 miles per 5 minutes as a rate of speed. However, that’s not a common way of giving the speed, so let’s see what might be appropriate.
    3 miles per 5 minutes = 3 mi / 5 min
    Initially, I want to change minutes to hours. We need to remember that an hour is 60 minutes long, or:
    60 minutes per 1 hour = 60 min / 1 hr
    Because this is an even trade, it’s the equivalent of 1, meaning we can legally do this:
    (3 mi / 5 min) * (60 min / 1 hr)
    Notice, the minutes units cancel out, leaving:
    (3 mi / 5) * (60 / 1 hr)
    The 5 and 60 cancel down to 1 and 12:
    (3 mi / 1) * (12 / 1 hr)
    And now:
    (3 mi * 12) / (1 * 1 hr)
    36 mi / 1 hr
    Which we would say as being 36 miles per hour, or 36 MPH, which is a common unit of speed and appropriate to this application.
    Any questions?

  • @joejoe8322
    @joejoe8322 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I did in my head but different than the rest of you. At 30mph in 5min he would travel 2 1/2 miles, since 3 miles is 20% farther you just add 20% of 30mph which is 6mph to the 30mph and get 36mph.

  • @barryfrye2686
    @barryfrye2686 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I had a different way of looking at this problem due to my advanced age.😁😁 I know that 60 miles per hour is also i mile per minute. Many students likely would not know this. I look at 5 miles in 5 minutes as 100% Then 3 miles in 5 minutes (3/5) would be 60 % of 60mph or 36 mph. Some things just stick in my head such as 88 feet per second so don't drive distracted. I have a 9th grade granddaughter that could benefit from your channel. Be kind.

  • @hermesrocha686
    @hermesrocha686 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My formula was different. I use proportion three over five is equal to X over 60.

  • @Stylux-z1p
    @Stylux-z1p 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    let see
    looks like a conversion puzzle
    first the unit conversion
    miles to miles will stay the same
    minutes -> hour -> 1/60
    or 1 hour = 60 min
    3 mi / 5 min x 60 min / 1hr
    cross out minutes (min)
    cross-cancel 5 & 60
    3 mi /1 x 12/1hr = 36mi/1hr --> 36mph✅

  • @Xpian
    @Xpian 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The first time I could visualise it in an instant.
    (Statically so unlikely I'll ever do that again!)
    3×12=36 mph… but then I can read a clock with a face!⌚

  • @russelllomando8460
    @russelllomando8460 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    36 60 mins / 5 = 12 12 X 3 = 36 thanks for the fun.

  • @johnibes2471
    @johnibes2471 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    36 mph

  • @angussmith8369
    @angussmith8369 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Got it, but suggest you move your process quicker.

  • @geogeo6071
    @geogeo6071 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Three fifths of a mile a minute

  • @DeanG55
    @DeanG55 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    3 miles is to 5 min as X is to 60 mins ....x is 36!!

  • @melissalevine2373
    @melissalevine2373 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It’s only easy once you know it.

  • @georgecattani7199
    @georgecattani7199 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    =3 X 60/ 5 =36 mph.

  • @theodoresweger4948
    @theodoresweger4948 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    3/5*60 =36 I go for 36MPH

  • @melissalevine2373
    @melissalevine2373 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is a common question.

  • @robinblaine5385
    @robinblaine5385 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    36 mph... EZPZ

  • @trailerpark948
    @trailerpark948 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Lost me when you got to the answer. Reciprocal and 12.1?

  • @Jeanne90275
    @Jeanne90275 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    3/5 X 60 = 36 Probably not the right way to find the answer, but it worked.🤔

  • @subasu478
    @subasu478 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    36miles per hour

  • @harrymatabal8448
    @harrymatabal8448 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Faster than Mr john

  • @mileslong9675
    @mileslong9675 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    OK, now how many furlongs per fortnight is the car traveling?

    • @gavindeane3670
      @gavindeane3670 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      8 furlongs in a mile.
      168 hours in a week so twice that many in a fortnight.
      So your answer is 36 × 8 × 2 × 168. Whatever that is.

  • @anthony1947
    @anthony1947 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    As others have commented on here. you have unnecessarily complicated the problem. It's not algebra,it's simple division and multiplication. 5 into 60 = 12....12 × 3 = 36

  • @panlomito
    @panlomito 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    1 hour = 5 x 12 minutes so 3 miles per 5 minutes = 3 x 12 miles per 5 x 12 minutes or 36 mph

  • @reynaldotangi4081
    @reynaldotangi4081 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    3miles per 5minutes

  • @harrymatabal8448
    @harrymatabal8448 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    0,6 miles per minute.
    Anything wrong with this answer

  • @bradlewis8036
    @bradlewis8036 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    60 MPH.

    • @theodoresweger4948
      @theodoresweger4948 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      a mile per minute is 60 mph..

    • @bradlewis8036
      @bradlewis8036 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I took the time traveled and turned it into an hour first. Then took the speed and multiplied it by the same transforming number applied to the time and that’s how I got 60 MPH.

    • @bradlewis8036
      @bradlewis8036 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I figured out what went wrong. I just overthought the question too much. I just did the math problem focused on another thing happening around me. But I just applied the wright numbers in my correct process to get the correct answer. Things are easier when you’re not being focused on other stuff.

  • @georgehenry8761
    @georgehenry8761 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I think this so called problem was over thought

  • @Brocambro1
    @Brocambro1 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wow! if this is the kind of teachers that kids have nowadays, I understand why millenials no longer solve simple arithmetics tasks without computers or calculators, therefore if we are struck by some powerful electromagnetic weapon, or if someone snach their tools away they people become useles, using the old good friend "rule of tree", othewise called "simple proportion" rule, I was able to solve this mentally in less than ten sec =(60min×3)/5min, and this dude took 15 minutes of long wild explanations to solve this?! pathetic!

    • @advancedautomotivemachine4791
      @advancedautomotivemachine4791 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I think it is a combination of things. I don't know about you but I know my "times tables" I might be wrong but I don't think they are required now days. If you didn't know that 5 x 12 = 60 then you would have to go through the convoluted methods shown here.

  • @KidNoah2012
    @KidNoah2012 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Must you always repeat yourself so often. It makes it seem like you're talking to idiots who can't remember something that was clearly stated 10 seconds ago.

    • @tinkerherring1840
      @tinkerherring1840 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I personally appreciate the repetition. I hate algebra. These have helped me!

  • @kellahobbs9232
    @kellahobbs9232 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    40 mph

  • @ricardonelson8692
    @ricardonelson8692 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    36 mph

  • @josephlaura7387
    @josephlaura7387 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    36 mph

  • @luillierstephane1463
    @luillierstephane1463 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    36 mph