SOLUTION: Two track team members ran a 200 m relay in 29 s. Each person ran 100 m. One sprinter ran 0.55 m/s faster than the other. what was the speed of each runner? thanks.. &#128513;

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Question 981386: Two track team members ran a 200 m relay in 29 s. Each person ran 100 m. One sprinter ran 0.55 m/s faster than the other. what was the speed of each runner?
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Answer by macston(5194) (Show Source):
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S=speed of slower runner; S+0.55m/s=speed of faster runner
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(100m/S)+(100m/S+0.55m/s)=29 seconds Multiply by (S)(S+0.55m/s)
(100m)(S+0.55m/s)+(100m)(S)=29s(S)(S+0.55m/s)
100S+55m/s+100S=29s(S^2+0.55S)
200S+55m/s=29S^2+15.95S
0=29S^2-184.05S-55
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Solved by pluggable solver: SOLVE quadratic equation with variable

Quadratic equation (in our case ) has the following solutons:

For these solutions to exist, the discriminant should not be a negative number.

First, we need to compute the discriminant : .

Discriminant d=40254.4025 is greater than zero. That means that there are two solutions: .

Quadratic expression can be factored:

Again, the answer is: 6.63249996884891, -0.285948244710973. Here's your graph:

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So S=6.63 m/s
The slower runner ran 6.63 meters per second.
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S+0.55m/s=6.63m/s+0.55m/s=7.18 m/s
The faster runner ran 7.18 meters per second
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CHECK:
(100m/6.63m/s)+(100m/7.18m/s)=29 seconds
15.08 seconds+13.92 seconds=29seconds
29 seconds=29 seconds

SOLUTION: Two track team members ran a 200 m relay in 29 s. Each person ran 100 m. One sprinter ran 0.55 m/s faster than the other. what was the speed of each runner? thanks.. &#128513;

SOLUTION: Two track team members ran a 200 m relay in 29 s. Each person ran 100 m. One sprinter ran 0.55 m/s faster than the other. what was the speed of each runner? thanks.. 😁