Holly drove 100 miles in 4 hours, and Yemi drove 100 miles in 5 hours. How can you compare the speeds of Holly and Yemi? Explain your reasoning.

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Matthew

3 June, 16:24

Holly drove 100 miles in 4 hours, and Yemi drove 100 miles in 5 hours. How can you compare the speeds of Holly and Yemi? Explain your reasoning.

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Davila · Answer 1

The first thing that yo do is divide 100 by 5 for Yemi and that's how fast she drove which is 20 miles per hour. And then you do the same thing for Holly 100 divided by 4 which is 25 mph. So Holly is driving faster than Yemi. So you can compare them by dividing the miles by hours for both of them.