Question

A traveler is walking on a moving walkway in a n airport. The traveler must walk back on the walkway to get a bag he forgot. The traveler's ground speed is 2 ft/s against the walkway and 8 ft/s with the walkway. What is the traveler's speed off the walkway? What is the speed of the moving walkway?

Answer 1

The traveler's speed off the walkway is 4 ft/sec

The speed of the moving walkway is 2 ft/sec

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