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Problem 11
After school, Maya and Naomi headed to the beach, 
miles away. Maya decided to bike while Naomi took a bus. The graph below shows their journeys, indicating the time and distance traveled. What was the difference, in miles per hour, between Naomi's and Maya's average speeds?
![[asy] unitsize(1.25cm); dotfactor = 10; pen shortdashed=linetype(new real[] {2.7,2.7}); for (int i = 0; i < 6; ++i) { for (int j = 0; j < 6; ++j) { draw((i,0)--(i,6), grey); draw((0,j)--(6,j), grey); } } for (int i = 1; i <= 6; ++i) { draw((-0.1,i)--(0.1,i),linewidth(1.25)); draw((i,-0.1)--(i,0.1),linewidth(1.25)); label(string(5*i), (i,0), 2*S); label(string(i), (0, i), 2*W); } draw((0,0)--(0,6)--(6,6)--(6,0)--(0,0)--cycle,linewidth(1.25)); label(rotate(90) * "Distance (miles)", (-0.5,3), W); label("Time (minutes)", (3,-0.5), S); dot("Naomi", (2,6), 3*dir(305)); dot((6,6)); label("Maya", (4.45,3.5)); draw((0,0)--(1.15,1.3)--(1.55,1.3)--(3.15,3.2)--(3.65,3.2)--(5.2,5.2)--(5.4,5.2)--(6,6),linewidth(1.35)); draw((0,0)--(0.4,0.1)--(1.15,3.7)--(1.6,3.7)--(2,6),linewidth(1.35)+shortdashed); [/asy]](http://latex.artofproblemsolving.com/1/0/1/1012d4ebea522bd45aaa55a5d54f98b4db812507.png)
Solution 1
Naomi travels miles in a time of 
minutes, which is equivalent to 
of an hour. Since 
, her speed is 
mph. By a similar calculation, Maya's speed is 
mph, so the answer is 
.
Solution 2 (Variant of Solution 1)
Naomi's speed of miles in minutes is equivalent to 
miles per hour, while Maya's speed of miles in 
minutes (i.e. half an hour) is equivalent to 
miles per hour. The difference is consequently 
.
Video Solution by North America Math Contest Go Go Go
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND0y051eYm0
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Video Solution by WhyMath
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Video Solution
Video Solution by Interstigation
https://youtu.be/YnwkBZTv5Fw?t=456
~Interstigation
See also
| 2020 AMC 8 (Problems • Answer Key • Resources) | ||
| Preceded by Problem 10 |
Followed by Problem 12 | |
| 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 | ||
| All AJHSME/AMC 8 Problems and Solutions | ||
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