Question

A theme park has a tram that goes around the 2.5-mile perimeter of the park in 10 minutes. The equation s • (16 1 6 ) = 2.5 gives the speed of the tram. What exactly does s represent?

Answer 1

Answer:

Use conversion:

1 hours  = 60 minutes

As per the statement:

A theme park has a tram that goes around the 2.5-mile perimeter of the park in 10 minutes.

⇒ Perimeter of the park = distance  = 2.5 miles and

time = 10 minutes = $\frac{10}{60} = \frac{1}{6}$ hours

The equation which gives the speed of the tram:

$s \cdot \frac{1}{6} = 2.5$

Multiply both sides by 6 we get;

$s = 6 \cdot 2.5 = 15 miles/ hours$

here, s represents the speed of the tram.

Therefore, the speed of the tram represented by s i.e:

s = 15 miles per hour