speed and velocity practice

Question

the track of the daytona speedway is 2.5 miles long. a racer can finish a 200 lap race in 2.85 hours. how many miles does the racer travel in 200 laps

Answer 1

Hello,

In this problem, the # hours and therefore speed that a racer travels is extra unnecessary information and not needed to solve for total # miles. This is because they tell you that 1 lap is 2.5 miles.

You can set up the problem as follows:

# miles traveled in 200 laps =

2.5 miles x 200 laps

1 lap

You can do the math to get the # total miles traveled.

I hope this is helpful.