Wednesday, September 29, 2010

If it took Carlos 1/2 hour to cycle from his house to the library yesterday, was the

If it took Carlos 1/2 hour to cycle from his house to the library yesterday, was the distance that he cycled greater than 6 miles? (Note: 1 mile=5280 feet.
1) The average speed at which Carlos cycled from his house to the library yesterday was greater than 16 feet per second.
2) The average speed at which Carlos cycled from his house to the library yesterday was less than 18 feet per second.








Q Stem:      
Is D '>' 6
I.e. S T '>' 6
S '>' 12 m/hr
S '>' 12 * 5280 / 60 * 60  ft/sec
(Convert the rate at the Q stem level itself so that you do don’t do any calculation in the actual problem)
i.e. S '>' 17.6 ft/sec?



I) S '>' 16 ft/sec
Insuff
II) S '<' 18 ft/sec
Insuff


Together – Insuff.

Ans : E

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