SOLUTION: A tortoise and a hare a having a race. The tortoise moves at 4 miles per hour. The hare travels at 10 miles per hour. Halfway through the race, the hare decides to take a 5 hour na

Question 862464: A tortoise and a hare a having a race. The tortoise moves at 4 miles per hour. The hare travels at 10 miles per hour. Halfway through the race, the hare decides to take a 5 hour nap, and then continues at 10 miles per hour. If the race is 40 miles long, who won the race?
Answer by josgarithmetic(39620) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Not certain if a data table would be helpful or not. Focus on the tortoise. 40 miles at 4 mph, based on Rate*Time=Distance. hours. The tortoise finished his part of the race in 10 hours.

What was the movement time for the hare? This excludes the nap time. hours. Now, to INCLUDE the nap time, hours.

Settled. Hare won.
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