3.2.1.P1A

A speedy tortoise can run with a speed of 10 cm/s and a hare can run 20 times as fast. The hare waits to rest for 2 minutes after the race begins and the tortoise starts and then runs as fast as he can, but the tortoise still wins by a shell (20 cm).

a. During the time interval of the race, who runs the greater distance?

1. The tortoise
2. The hare
3. They both run the same distance
4. You cannot tell from the information given. 

b. During the time interval of the race, who has the greater average velocity?

1. The tortoise
2. The hare
3. They both run the same distance
4. You cannot tell from the information given. 

c. At an instant when they are both running, we has the greater instantaneous velocity?

1. The tortoise
2. The hare
3. They both run the same distance
4. You cannot tell from the information given. 

Joe Redish 8/16/15