Question

You are in a traffic jam that is 7/8 mile long. The cars are in one lane bumper to bumper. The average length of a car is 0.003 mile. About how many cars are in the traffic jam

Answer 1

Explanation:

The average length of each car is

0.003 mile. The length of each car includes the bumper. The cars are in one lane. This means all the cars can be assumed to form a long line of cars that is uniform in length. This length is divided into equal lengths if cars.

The length of the traffic jam which is also the length of the line of is 7/8 = 0.875 mile long.

The number of cars would be in the that would be in the traffic jam will be length of the traffic jam/ length of each car. It becomes

0.875/0.003 = 292 cars