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

Question

2 years ago

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arrives 20 minutes after Amy. How much faster (in meters/second) is Amy's average speed?

1 answer:

Drupady [299] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-22T00:29:32+03:00

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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