If the speed of the cyclist is 24 miles/hour
In miles per minutes, 60 minutes = 1 hour
To convert into miles per minutes,
[tex]\text{Speed in miles per mins=}\frac{24}{60}=0.4\text{ miles/min}[/tex]Speed in miles/min is 0.4 miles/min
If the cyclist travels for 5 minutes, distance travelled in miles will be,
[tex]\begin{gathered} dis\tan ce=\text{speed}\times\text{time} \\ \text{Where sp}eed=0.4\text{ miles/min} \\ \text{time}=5\min \\ \text{distance}=0.4\text{ miles/min}\times5\min =2\text{ miles} \end{gathered}[/tex]Distance travelled in miles is 2 miles