10. How far can your little brother get if he can travel at 25 m/s and in 5 seconds you will discover that his squirtgun has run out of paint?11. If you shout into the Grand Canyon, your voice travels at the speed of sound (340 m/s) to the bottom of thecanyon and back, and you hear an echo. How deep is the Grand Canyon at a spot where you can hear your echo5.2 seconds after you shout?CHALLENGE PROBLEMBill and Amy want to ride their bikes from their neighborhood to school which is 14.4 kilometers away. It takes Amy 40minutes to arrive at school. Bill arrives 20 minutes after Amy. How much faster (in meters/second) is Amy's averagespeed for the entire trip?Be sure to show all necessary metric conversions!!

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10. How far can your little brother get if he can travel at 25 m/s and in 5 seconds you will discover that his squirt
gun has run out of paint?
11. If you shout into the Grand Canyon, your voice travels at the speed of sound (340 m/s) to the bottom of the
canyon and back, and you hear an echo. How deep is the Grand Canyon at a spot where you can hear your echo
5.2 seconds after you shout?
CHALLENGE PROBLEM
Bill and Amy want to ride their bikes from their neighborhood to school which is 14.4 kilometers away. It takes Amy 40
minutes to arrive at school. Bill arrives 20 minutes after Amy. How much faster (in meters/second) is Amy's average
speed for the entire trip?
Be sure to show all necessary metric conversions!!

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