Question

Train A and train B leave the station at 2 pm. The graph below shows the distance covered by the two trains. Compare the two speeds of the two trains. Show your work !

Answer 1

Both trains travel for 7 time units.

Train A travels 385 distance units, so its speed is

$\dfrac{385}{7}=55$

Train B travels 577.5 distance units, so its speed is

$\dfrac{577.5}{7}=82.5$

Note that the units are not specified, but considering that we're talking about trains, the graph is likely to be showing distance in km (or miles) and time in hours.

Also, the distance traveled by train B is not perfectly aligned with the grid, so I assumed that it was the average between the two ticks of 550 and 605.