You finish a two-mile walking race in 36.5 minutes. Write an inequality for the average speed of the walkers who finished after you did. (Average Speed = Distance/Time).
Your average speed was (2/36.5)x60 = 3.28 miles per hour.
The speed of walkers who finished after you was less.
Write that as an inequality.
V(of later finishers) < ____ mph
To find the average speed of the walkers who finished after you, we need to compare their distance and time to your distance and time. Let's assume the average speed of the walkers who finished after you is represented by the variable "v" (in miles per minute).
Since the distance is the same for all walkers in a two-mile race, we can use the distance of two miles. The time for the walkers who finished after you is greater than your time, which is 36.5 minutes.
Therefore, the inequality for the average speed (v) of the walkers who finished after you is:
v * t > 2,
where "t" represents the time taken by the walkers who finished after you, and "2" represents the distance of the race in miles.
Simplifying the inequality, we get:
v > 2/t.
So, the average speed of the walkers who finished after you needs to be greater than 2 divided by their time to meet the given conditions.