Answer:
Giovanni was 0.5 miles from the finish line
Step-by-step explanation:
This is a problem of movement with constant velocity.
For this kind of problems, generally it is enough to remember the definition of average velocity v:
Where x is the change in position that took place in an interval t.
First, find the time that Jean, who cycled at 24 miles per hour, spent on the race:
Isolating t from the last equation,
, and replacing the data for Jean movement:
Second, find what was the distance that Giovanni had cycled when Jean crossed the line:
When Jean crossed the line he had cycled 120 miles, and Giovanni 119.5; so Giovanni was 0.5 miles from the finish line.