+1904 If it takes me 20 minutes to walk 1,408 yards and I have to walk 0.5 miles from my house to get to the bus stop and the bus is scheduled to get to the bus stop at 12:11pm, what time should I leave my house if I want to get to the bus stop 10 minutes before the bus is scheduled to get to the bus stop? Please show how you get to your answer.
+129907 1 mile = 1760 yds....so 0.5 mile = 880 yds
So....we can use a proportion to find out how long - in x minutes - it will take you to walk 880 yds
20 / 1408 = x / 880 cross-multiply
880 * 20 = 1408 * x
17600 = 1408 * x divide both sides by 1408
12.5 min = x = time to walk 0.5 miles
Since you want to get there 10 min early, you need to be there at 12:01
And 12.5 min before this = 11:48: 30 AM is the time you should leave your house
