This is a guess using logic, but my answer for this is that she concluded that she walked faster in the first 15 minutes. An increase in speed would increase the distance she walked in that amount of time
22 rides would be needed Explanation: one ride takes 6 kids and there are 130 kids 20 rides would take 120 21 rides would take 126 and since you can’t have kids without a ride and you can’t cut a ride into pieces there must be 22 rides