If the cheetah made a round-trip and took half the amount of time on the return trip as on the front end of the trip, what would be the relationship between the average rates on each leg of the trip? Using a complete sentence, explain how you arrived at this conclusion.

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Itzel Wyatt

Mathematics

9 August, 04:03

If the cheetah made a round-trip and took half the amount of time on the return trip as on the front end of the trip, what would be the relationship between the average rates on each leg of the trip? Using a complete sentence, explain how you arrived at this conclusion.

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Jovani · Answer 1

Time varies inversely with speed (rate) So the shorter the time the greater the speed and vise versa. Therefore his rate on the return trip is 2 times the rate on the front end of the trip, because on the return trip he took half the time.