Question

Zach walks at a rate of 2.83 miles per hour. Nora walks at a rate of 2.18 miles per hour. How many miles farther will Zach have walked after they each walk for 1.5 hours? 6.NS.3 1

Answer 1

Using the rate for each of them and the time walking to calculate the distance they each walked.

$\begin{gathered} Zach=2.83\frac{mi}{h}\cdot(1.5h) \\ Zach=4.245mi \end{gathered}$$\begin{gathered} Nora=2.18\frac{mi}{h}\cdot(1.5h) \\ Nora=3.27mi \end{gathered}$

find the difference between the distance of both

$\begin{gathered} 4.245-3.27 \\ 0.975mi \end{gathered}$

Zack walked 0.975mi farther than Nora.