Final answer:
Without additional information on their speed or movement, the distance Sasha and her friends traveled while stuck in traffic cannot be determined. In other problems, calculations of time, speed, and distance involve applying formulas accordingly to find the missing values. Option D is correct.
Step-by-step explanation:
The question asks to evaluate the distance Sasha and her friends traveled while stuck in traffic for 10 minutes. Without information regarding their speed or any movement during that time, we cannot determine if they covered any distance at all. Therefore, the correct answer is d) It cannot be determined.
Considering another example provided, Cassie walks to her friend's house with an average speed of 1.40 m/s over a distance of 205 m. To calculate the time taken, you use the formula time = distance / speed. So, it would take Cassie 146 seconds to arrive at her friend's house (time = 205 m / 1.40 m/s).
For the other observations, like Bridget watching cars on the road and later measurements of a red Golf's velocity and the time vehicles take to travel between poles, one must apply the concepts of distance, time, and velocity to solve for the unknowns. The velocity of the red Golf indicates its speed and direction, and calculating the time interval (Δt) for both the taxi and the bus provides the information needed to determine how long each took to travel the distance.