While traveling from boston to hartford, person a drives at a constant speed of 55 mph for the entire trip. person b drives at 65 mph for half the distance and then drives 45 mph for the second half of the distance. when would b arrive in hartford relative to a? (assume person a and person b leave boston at the same time.)

B will take 1.034 times the time of A from Boston to Hartford.

Explanation:

Let the distance from Boston to Hartford be S.

Person A drives at a constant speed of 55 mph for the entire trip,

Time taken by person A

Person B drives at 65 mph for half the distance and then drives 45 mph for the second half of the distance.

Time taken by person B

Ratio of time of arrival of B to A

B will take 1.034 times the time of A from Boston to Hartford.

prolly a beacuse the momentuem the car has increases while going down hill