2014 AMC 8 Problems/Problem 25
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A straight one-mile stretch of highway, 40 feet wide, is closed. Robert rides his bike on a path composed of semicircles as shown. If he rides at 5 miles per hour, how many hours will it take to cover the one-mile stretch? Note: 1 mile = 5280 feet
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Solution 1
There are two possible interpretations of the problem: that the road as a whole is feet wide, or that each lane is feet wide. Both interpretations will arrive at the same result. However, let us stick with the first interpretation for simplicity. Each lane must then be feet wide, so Robert must be riding his bike in semicircles with radius feet and diameter feet. Since the road is feet long, over the whole mile, Robert rides semicircles in total. Were the semicircles full circles, their circumference would be feet; as it is, the circumference of each is half that, or feet. Therefore, over the stretch of highway, Robert rides a total of feet, equivalent to miles. Robert rides at 5 miles per hour, so divide the miles by mph (because and time = distance/rate) to arrive at hours.
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