Question

In the hare and tOrise race the hare ran for 2 minutes at the speed of 7.5km/h and slept for 56 minutes and again ran for 2 minutes at speed of 7.5 km/h .Find the distance by hare and average speed of the hare as well as tortoise that won the race .The tortoise beat at the destination 1 minutes earlier than the hare

Answer 1

distance covered by hair = 2 / 60 x 7.5 + 2/60 x 7.5
time taken to cover this distance = 2+56+2 mins or 1 hr
avg speed is total distance by total time which you can now find.