how much fast does athlete one run then athlete 2?

Question

One athlete can run a 60 meter race 7 meters per second. A second athlete can run the 60 meter race at 6 meters per second. Graph both lines. About how many seconds faster is Athlete 1 than Athlete 2?

Answer 1

Your question is, I believe, misphrased.

You give the 2 athletes speeds as 7 m/s

and 6 m/s which means athlete 2 is

1 m/s faster than athlete 1.

 

I believe what you mean to ask is

"What is the difference in time it takes

each runner to complete the 60 m race?"

 

Athlete 1:  (60 m)/(7 m/s) = 8.571 seconds

 

Athlete 2:  (60 m)/(6 m/s) = 10 seconds

 

10 - 8.571 = 1.439 seconds faster

 

Round this to the desired number of decimal places.