SOLUTION: A boy circles 16 km in an hour, and a girl runs 4.4m in a seconds. Which is faster

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Question 1134543: A boy circles 16 km in an hour, and a girl runs 4.4m in a seconds. Which is faster
Found 5 solutions by josgarithmetic, MathLover1, ikleyn, MathTherapy, Alan3354:
Answer by josgarithmetic(39617)   (Show Source):
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That depends on the radius of the circles and how long each of the boy and girl circle and run.

Did you mean, "cycles" instead of "circles"?

Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source):
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A boy circles , and a girl runs .
Which is faster?
first convert boy's speed in
...-> and

=> since means boy circles and girl runs with same speed, none of them is faster

Answer by ikleyn(52780)   (Show Source):
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A boy cycles 16 km in an hour, and a girl runs 4.4m in a second. Who is faster ?
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4.4 meters per second is 4.4*3600 = 15840 meters per hour, or 15.840 kilometers per hour. Hence, the boy cycles faster.

Answer by MathTherapy(10552)   (Show Source):
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A boy circles 16 km in an hour, and a girl runs 4.4m in a seconds. Which is faster

Boy cycles faster!

Answer by Alan3354(69443)   (Show Source):
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A boy circles 16 km in an hour, and a girl runs 4.4m in a seconds. Which is faster
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Is "a" a variable?
speed = 4.4/a meters/second?
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Poor job of entering the problem.