Question

Tom and Jerry had a race. Tom started at 0200 running at 4.5km per hour. Jerry started

later at 6:30am running at 6.5km per hour. After five hours, who was ahead, and by how
much (answer in kilometres)

Answer 1

Tom, 10.25

Explanation:

Distance covered by Tom=4.5*(4 1/2+5)=81/4=42.75km

Distance covered by Jerry=6.5*(5)=32.5km

Tom is ahead from Jerry by 10.25km