Question

The total distance an ant crawls varies directly with the time in seconds. The ant crawls a total distance of 160 centimeters in 20 seconds.

What is the time in seconds the ant crawls when the total distance is 216 centimeters?


8 s

11 s

25 s

27 s

Answer 1

27s

Explanation:

Given data

total distance=160 cm

time taken =20seconds

We know that speed =distance/time

So let us solve for the speed of the ant

speed=160/20

speed= 8cm/s

Also when the distance is 216,and the ant uses the same speed,it will take the ant

time=distance/speed

time=216/8

time= 27seconds