During a recent track meet, Peter ran x meters of the 100 meter dash in 7 seconds; running at the ...
During a recent track meet, Peter ran x meters of the 100 meter dash in 7 seconds; running at the same rate, how many seconds will it take Peter to run z meters of the 200 meter dash?
Answer/Solution
7z/x
Steps/Work
Speed of Peter = x/7 meters per second
Time needed to run z meters = DISTANCE/SPEED = z / (x/7) =7z/x
Option C
The values 100m and 200m have no role to play here and are just given to confuse you.
Time needed to run z meters = DISTANCE/SPEED = z / (x/7) =7z/x
Option C
The values 100m and 200m have no role to play here and are just given to confuse you.