You walk forward at 1.5m/s for 8s. Your friend decides to walk faster and starts out at 2.0m/s for the first 4s. Then she slows down and walks forward at 1.0m/s for the next 4s. Make a distance-time graph of your motion and your friend's motion. Who walked farther?

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Dana Cunningham

Mathematics

11 June, 16:58

You walk forward at 1.5m/s for 8s. Your friend decides to walk faster and starts out at 2.0m/s for the first 4s. Then she slows down and walks forward at 1.0m/s for the next 4s. Make a distance-time graph of your motion and your friend's motion. Who walked farther?

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Savion Frazier · Answer 1

Im not able to make a distance-time graph, since they don't have a graphing app but I've done this type of problem.

They walked the same distance.

You: 1.5x8=12

Friend: (2x4) + (1x4) = 12