Question

Bill and amy want to ride their bikes to school which is 14.4 kilometers away. It takes Amy 49 minutes to get to school and bill arrives 20 minutes after Amy. How much faster (in meters/second) is Amy's average speed?

Answer 1

3.4m/s

Explanation:

Given parameters:

Distance to school  = 14.4km

Time taken by Amy = 49min

Time taken by bill = 20min after Amy = 20+49 = 69min

Unknown parameters:

How much faster is Amy's average speed = ?

Solution:

Average speed is the rate of change of total distance with total time taken.

 Average speed = $\frac{total distance }{total time taken}$

convert units to meters and seconds

      1000m = 1km

       60s = 1min

Distance to school  = 14.4 x 1000 = 14400m

Time taken by Amy = 49 x 60 = 2940s

Time taken by Bill = 69 x 60 = 4140s

Average speed of Amy = $\frac{14400}{2940}$  = 4.9m/s

Average speed of Bill = $\frac{4140}{2940}$  = 1.4m/s

Differences in speed = 4.9 - 1.5 = 3.4m/s

Amy was 3.4m/s faster than Bill

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