Question

A cat travels 240 meters in 30 seconds, and a sprinter travels 100 meters in 9.5 seconds. Which is traveling faster, the cat or the sprinter?

Sprinter


Cat

Answer 1

The cat

Step-by-step explanation:

1) You need to find how many meters per second each thing is sprinting, so you can divide the meters by seconds for each.

`(240)/(30) = 8 m/s\\(100)/(9.5) = around 10.5 m/s`

2) Per second, the sprinter is able to achieve 8 meters, while the cat can do around 10.5 meters. 10.5 is greater than 8, making the cat faster than the sprinter.