Question

A theme park has a tram that goes around the 2.5-mile perimeter of the park in 10 minutes. The equation s • (16 1 6 ) = 2.5 gives the speed of the tram. What exactly does s represent?

Answer 1

Use conversion:

1 hours = 60 minutes

As per the statement:

A theme park has a tram that goes around the 2.5-mile perimeter of the park in 10 minutes.

⇒ Perimeter of the park = distance = 2.5 miles and

time = 10 minutes =
`(10)/(60) = (1)/(6)` hours

The equation which gives the speed of the tram:

`s \cdot (1)/(6) = 2.5`

Multiply both sides by 6 we get;

`s = 6 \cdot 2.5 = 15 miles/ hours`

here, s represents the speed of the tram.

Therefore, the speed of the tram represented by s i.e:

s = 15 miles per hour