Question

Cheryl and her sister Diane walk to school along the same route. Cheryl walks at an average of

80 steps per min while Diane walks at an average of 90 steps per min. Cheryl takes steps
of 81 cm each. She takes 12 min to walk to school.
A) If each of Diane's steps in 72 cm, how long does Diane take to walk to school?

Answer 1

Answer: Let's first convert Cheryl's walking speed to meters per minute. Since she takes 80 steps per minute and each step is 81 cm, her walking speed is:

80 steps/min x 81 cm/step = 6480 cm/min

To convert this to meters per minute, we can divide by 100:

6480 cm/min ÷ 100 cm/m = 64.8 m/min

Now, let's find out the distance Cheryl walks to school. Since she walks for 12 minutes at a speed of 64.8 m/min, the distance she covers is:

distance = speed x time = 64.8 m/min x 12 min = 777.6 m

Next, let's find out how many steps Diane takes per minute on average:

90 steps/min

Since each of Diane's steps is 72 cm long, her walking speed is:

90 steps/min x 72 cm/step = 6480 cm/min

To convert this to meters per minute, we can divide by 100:

6480 cm/min ÷ 100 cm/m = 64.8 m/min

So Diane's walking speed is the same as Cheryl's. To find out how long it takes Diane to walk to school, we can use the formula:

distance = speed x time

Since Diane and Cheryl walked the same distance, we can use the distance we found for Cheryl:

777.6 m = 64.8 m/min x time

Simplifying this equation, we get:

time = 12 minutes

Therefore, Diane takes 12 minutes to walk to school.

Answer 2

12 min

Explanation:

You want to know how long it takes Diane to walk to school if she takes 90 steps of 72 cm per minute, while Cherly takes 80 steps of 81 cm per minute and traverses the distance in 12 minutes.

Speed

The speed of each girl is the product of the number of steps per minute and the length of the step:

Cheryl: (80 step/min)(81 cm) = 6480 cm/min

Diane: (90 step/min)(72 cm) = 6480 cm/min

Both girls travel at the same speed, so will take the same amount of time to get to school. It takes Diane 12 minutes to walk to school.