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Im so confused right now. Can you help me

Im so confused right now. Can you help me-example-1
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how will his speed compare? or namely, will he be within speed limits or should we give him a big fat ticket for speeding?

well, the 25 mi/hr limit is expecting anyone on that road to only do 40,234 meters per hour, so since an hour is 60 minutes and a minute is 60 seconds, that means an hour is really (60)(60) seconds, or 3600 seconds, so the limit is expecting anyone on that road to do no more than 40,234 meters per 3600 seconds, let's see how Usain fares


\begin{array}{ccll} meters&seconds\\ \cline{1-2} 100 & 9.63\\ 40234& x \end{array} \implies \cfrac{100}{40234}~~=~~\cfrac{9.63}{x} \implies 100x=(40234)(9.63) \\\\\\ x=\cfrac{(40234)(9.63)}{100}\implies x\approx 3874.53

so Usain will covering those 40,234 meters in about 3875 seconds, that's longer than 3600 seconds, meaning Usain will need more than 3600 seconds to cover those meters so he's really going slower 40,234 meters per 3600 seconds, so he's golden, he's within speed limits, because the limit is expecting noone to do them in less than 3600 seconds.

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