Question

Sam and Jon are attending the same summer camp. The camp is 293 miles away from each of their homes. The graph shows Jon's constant rate of travel from his house to the camp.

Sam traveled at a constant rate and made the trip from his house to camp in 5.5 hours. Which statement is true about Jon's rate of travel and Sam's rate of travel to camp?

Question 21 options:

Sam traveled at a rate that was about 11.7 miles per hour slower than Jon.


Jon traveled at a rate that was about 5.3 miles per hour faster than Sam.


Jon traveled faster than Sam and made it to camp in 5 hours.


Sam and Jon traveled at the same rate of speed to camp.

Answer 1

Total time taken by Jon was 4.5 hours
Time taken by Sam was 5.5 hours
This implies that John traveled faster than Sam because he took shorter time to get to the camp, thus we conclude that from the given information, the correct answer is:
Sam and Jon traveled at the same rate of speed to camp.