Lab exercise 11
11.2 The following table is intended to replace the figure in this exercise. Car 1 travels 1 mile in 60 seconds (60 mpg); car 2 is slightly slower at 1 mile in 61 seconds.
Car 1 transit time (s) |
60 | ||||||
Car 2 transit time (s) |
61 | ||||||
distance traveled (miles) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Delay time (s) | 1 |
a, b) Complete the table above.
c) Now read the rest of the text in the manual. Using that information, how far has each car traveled if Car 2 ipasses the streetlight
25 seconds after Car 1 | ____ miles |
45 seconds after Car 1 | ____ miles |
d) Now determine the precise time that the cars started their trip (hour:minute:second format) if Car 1 passed the streetlight at 12:25:00 and was
25 seconds before Car 2 | __:__:__ |
45 seconds before Car 2 | __:__:__ |
e) If Car 1 arrives at 1:45:22, followed by Car 2 at 1:46:37, how far did they travel? ________ miles
f) At what precise time did they leave? __:__:__
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