Question

Who went faster?- John bicycled 4 miles in an hour- Bob walked 2 miles in 1/2 hour

Answer 1

We are given that 2 people, John and Bob, travel a distance of 4 miles and 2 miles respectively. To determine which of the two went faster, we need to find the ratio of distance per time for each individual.

For Jhon we have:

`\text{rate}=(distance)/(time)`
`\text{rate}=\frac{4\text{miles}}{1\text{hour}}=4\frac{\text{miles}}{\text{hour}}`

For bob we have:

`\text{rate}=\frac{2\text{mile}}{((1)/(2))\text{hours}}=4\frac{miles}{\text{hour}}`

Therefore, John and Bob had the same speed.