Question

A man runs for an hour and a half at 8 miles an hour due south. He then continues south on a bus traveling at 55 miles an hour for 24 minutes. How far did he travel?

Answer 1

Answer:34 miles

Explanation:

Given

Man runs for $t_1=1.5\ hr$ to south with speed $v_1=8\ mph$

He then continues south for $t_2=24\ minutes\approx 0.4\ hr$ with speed $v_2=55\ mph$

Total distance traveled $d=v_1\times t_1+v_2\times t_2$

$d=8\times 1.5+55\times 0.4$

$d=12+22$

$d=34\ miles$

thus he travels a distance of $34\ miles$ due to south