Information given:- Walkway: 200 meters long, moves at 0.5 m/s
- Carla: runs at 1 m/s relative to walkway for 40s, stops running for x seconds (just carried by walkway), runs at 1.5 m/s relative to walkway for 5s, finishing at end
- Daniel: walks at 0.5 m/s relative to walkway, non-stop to the end, total time = y seconds
Question:- What are the values of x and y that are consistent with this setup?
Solution:- Carla's total distance must add up to 200 meters
- Segment 1: Carla runs for 40s. Her speed relative to the ground is 1 + 0.5 = 1.5 m/s. Distance: 40 x 1.5 = 60 meters
- Segment 2: Carla stops running for x seconds. Her speed relative to the ground is 0.5 m/s. Distance: 0.5x = ? meters
- Segment 3: Carla runs for 5s. Her speed relative to ground is 1.5 + 0.5 = 2 m/s. Distance: 5 x 2 = 10 meters
- Carla's total time: 60 + 0.5x + 10 = 200
- 70 + 0.5x = 200
- 0.5x = 130, x = 260
- Daniel's speed relative to ground: 0.5 + 0.5 = 1 m/s
- Distance: 200 meters
- Daniel's total time: 200/1 = 200, y = 200
Answer: x = 260, y = 200Bunuel
In a certain mega-shopping mall, Carla and Daniel start from the beginning of a 200-meter-long moving walkway and move in the same direction as the walkway, which travels at a constant speed of 0.5 meters per second.
- Carla starts running at a constant rate of 1 meter per second relative to the walkway, continues running for exactly 40 seconds, and then stops running for x seconds. While not running, Carla stands still and is carried only by the walkway.
- Afterward, she resumes running at 1.5 meters per second relative to the walkway for exactly 5 seconds, at which point she reaches the end of the walkway.
- Daniel walks at a constant rate of 0.5 meter per second relative to the walkway, from start to finish without stopping, and reaches the end in y seconds.
Select for
x and
y the value of of x and y, that are consistent with the information provided. Make only two selections, one in each column.