SOLUTION: Pairs of markings a set distance apart are made on highways so that police can detect drivers exceeding the speed limit. Over a fixed distance, the speed R varies inversely with ti
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Question 232767: Pairs of markings a set distance apart are made on highways so that police can detect drivers exceeding the speed limit. Over a fixed distance, the speed R varies inversely with time T. In one particular pair of markings, R is 45 mph when T is 6 seconds. Find the speed of a car that travels the given distance in 5 seconds. Answer by ankor@dixie-net.com(22740) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Pairs of markings a set distance apart are made on highways so that police can detect drivers exceeding the speed limit.
Over a fixed distance, the speed R varies inversely with time T.
In one particular pair of markings, R is 45 mph when T is 6 seconds.
Find the speed of a car that travels the given distance in 5 seconds.
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Speed varies inversely with time so we can write an inverted ratio equation, find r =
Cross multiply
5r = 6 * 45
:
5r = 270
r =
r = 54 mph if he passes the markers in 5 sec
