Aptitude - Time and Distance - Discussion

Hi Sundar,.

All these days I wat getting why we should multiply with 60.

Your explaination regarding that 60 is going to be useful for me. Your expalination was clean and clear.

Thank you so much.

Hi Vidu and Sushree,

You questions is from where did 60 come?

Please concentrate on the unit name mentioned along with the numbers.

Speed = Distance/Time

Here Distance = 600 meters and Time = 5 mins.

Therefore, Speed = 600/5 meters/minutes.

We have to write it as in terms of meters/seconds. So we are multiplying it with 60 (1 min = 60 seconds).

So, Speed = 600/(5 x 60 sec) meters/seconds.

I strongly suggest all newbies to go through the basic formulas before posting your doubts here. So, kindly go through the basic formulas for solving Time and Distance problems.

Have a nice day!

From where the 60 came?

In step 2. There is conversion of m/sec to km/hr.

Can anybody explain me the step 2.

Before attempting questions kindly go through the formulas.

Where we got 60 there?

I don't know the formula. How you convert m to km. What s that formula.

1km/hr=(1ooo/3600)m/s=(5/18)m/s
for converting m/s into km/hr 18/5 is required to use

How that 18 came?