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Nick bikes 28 miles in 4 hours while Susan bikes 45 miles in 3 hours. Who travels faster nick or Susan?

User Rwols
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To determine who travels faster we need to determine the quotient between the distance and the time for each individual.

For Nick we have:


v_N=(28)/(4)=7

For Susan:


v_S=(45)/(3)=15

Since:


v_S>v_N

This means that Susan travels faster than Nick.

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