jeez sorry to bother you guys with this but i have been working on this problem and just cant seem to solve it
o have been thinking that the answer is impossibe.. help me out
I have two minutes in which to catch a train and two miles to go. If I go the first mile at 30 mph, at what rate must I go in the second mile in order to catch the train?
2007-08-15 13:30:30 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
thanks u just earned ten points... i have to wait till tommorrow thoguh
2007-08-15 13:37:46 · update #1
Can't be done.
If you go the first mile at 30mph, that takes the full two minutes. (one mile @ 30 mph = 1/30 hour = 60/30 minutes = 2 minutes)
The train leaves while you're still one mile away, and there is no speed that will let you catch it.
2007-08-15 13:36:15 · answer #1 · answered by McFate 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋