Question

Jeff used the fact that a motorcycle can travel 300 miles in 4 hours to find the unit rate. If the speed limit on the highway is 65 miles per hour, is the motorcycle going faster than, slower than, or equal to the speed limit?(1 point)
Responses

Faster than
Faster than

Cannot be determined by the information provided.
Cannot be determined by the information provided.

Slower than

Answer 1

To find the motorcycle's speed, we first calculate the unit rate by dividing the total distance traveled by the total time taken.

The motorcycle travels 300 miles in 4 hours.

Unit rate (speed) = Total distance / Total time
Unit rate = 300 miles / 4 hours = 75 miles per hour

Now, compare this speed to the speed limit of 65 miles per hour:

75 miles per hour (motorcycle speed) is greater than 65 miles per hour (speed limit).

Therefore, the motorcycle is going **faster than** the speed limit.