Your Bug Your Friend's Bug
Summary
1. You and a friend are having
a bug race. You both
measure the distance your
pet bugs travel along a
straight racetrack and
record their times as they
race. The results are plotted
in the graphs at right.
10
10
7910
1 2 3 4 5
time (1)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
time)
a) What is the distance from the starting line to point A?
b) How long did it take your bug to travel that distance?
c) Calculate the speed of your bug from Point A to Point B?
d) Calculate the speed of your friend's bug from Point C to Point D