Question

Jeff used the fact that a motorcycle can travel 500 miles in 8 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 Cannot be determined by the information provided. Cannot be determined by the information provided. Slower than Slower than Faster than Faster than Equal to

Answer 1

To find the speed of the motorcycle, we can calculate the unit rate (speed) by dividing the total distance traveled by the total time taken.

Given:

• Distance = 500 miles
• Time = 8 hours

Speed of the motorcycle = Distance / Time = 500 miles / 8 hours = 62.5 miles per hour.

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

• 62.5 miles per hour (motorcycle's speed) is less than 65 miles per hour (speed limit).

Thus, the motorcycle is slower than the speed limit.