Question

Fran and Lamar are walking they walk 5 kilometers frans starts walking at 45 meter per minute Lamar starts 5 minutes later at 50 meters per minute how many minutes will lamar catch up to fran how far will they have walk

Answer 1

The time Lamar will catch up to Fran is 50.26 mins and they would have walked 2.5 km each.

Explanation:

Given;

total distance walked by both Fran and Lamar, d = 5 km = 5,000 m

speed of Fran, = 45 m/min

speed of Lamar, = 50 m/min

Let the time Lamar catch up to Fran = t (mins)

At the time "t" Lamar would have walked a distance of 50(t),

At the time "t" Fran would have walked a distance of 45(t + 5)

The total distance they walked; d = 50t + 45(t + 5)

5000 = 50t + 45(t + 5)

5000 = 50t + 45t + 225

5000 - 225 = 95t

4775 = 95t

t = 4775/95

t = 50.26 mins

The distance walked by Frans: = 45 (50.26 + 5)

= 2487 m

The distance walked by Lamar: = 50 (50.26)

= 2513 m