A golf ball can travel 170 mph. This is 10/7 times the fastest speed recorded for a hockey puck. What is the record speed for a hockey puck? Make and equation and solve.
what is 170* 10/7?
speed of hockey-puck ---- x
(10/7)x = 170
10x = 1190
x = 119 mph
I agree with Prof Reiny, I misread it.
To find the record speed for a hockey puck, we can set up an equation using the given information.
Let's assume the record speed for a hockey puck is represented by "x" (in mph).
According to the given information, the golf ball's speed is 170 mph, which is 10/7 times the speed of the hockey puck.
So, we can write the equation:
170 = (10/7) * x
To solve for x, we can multiply both sides of the equation by 7/10 to isolate x:
170 * (7/10) = x
or
119 = x
Therefore, the record speed for a hockey puck is 119 mph.