Question

If it takes the Whovenile Delinquents 32 minutes to hike up Mount Crumpit(3000ft), but only 3 minutes to get down, what is the speed difference from traveling up the mountain to down in miles/hour?

Answer 1

Difference in speed = 10.28 miles/hour

Explanation:

Whovenile Delinquents takes 32 minutes to hike up a mountain and 3 minutes to hike down a mountain.

Distance hiked = 3000 feet

We have to find the speed difference of climbing in both the journeys in miles/hour.

Conversions :

• 1 mile = 5280 feet

therefore 3000 feet = 0.57 miles

• 1 hour = 60 minutes

32 minutes = 0.53 hours

3 minutes = 0.05 hours

Speed =
`(distance travelled)/(time)`

Speed uphill =
`(0.57)/(0.53)`

Speed uphill = 1.08 miles/hour

Speed downhill =
`(0.57 miles)/(0.05)`

Speed downhill = 11.36 miles/hour

Difference in speed = 10.28 miles/hour