Question

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The cheetah traveled 1.75 times faster for the first 8 minutes than it did for the second 8 minutes. Was the distance traveled during the first 8 minutes 1.75 times greater than the distance traveled during the second 8 minutes? Show the calculation to justify your answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

Distance travelled in first 8 minutes was greater than the distance travelled in the second 8 minutes.

Step-by-step explanation:

Consider the the 2  8 minutes periods:

Let the cheetahs speed be 1.75x meters per minute so in the second minute its speed was x meters per minute.

Speed = distance / time

First 8 minutes:  1.75x = d1 / 8   where d1 is the distance travelled,

so d1 = 8*1.75x = 14x.

Second 8 minutes:   x = d2 / 8 where d2 is the distance travelled in the second 8 minutes.

so d2 = 8x

Now 14x > 8x

Therefore d2 > d1.