A falcon, when diving, can travel five times as fast as a pheasant's top speed. If the total speeds for these two birds is 222 miles per hour, find the fastest speed of the falcon and the fastest speed of the pheasant.

Damon Campos

Damon Campos

Answered question

2022-08-07

A falcon, when diving, can travel five times as fast as a pheasant's top speed. If the total speeds for these two birds is 222 miles per hour, find the fastest speed of the falcon and the fastest speed of the pheasant.

Answer & Explanation

Uriel Whitehead

Uriel Whitehead

Beginner2022-08-08Added 8 answers

Given
falcon speed =5 (pheasant speed)
let pheasant speed be x.
Falcon speed = 5x
Total speed for two birds = 222 m/h
Falcon + pheasant speed = 222 m/h
5x + x =222 m/h
6x=222
6 x = 222 x = 222 6 = 37
pheasant speed = 37 m/h
Falcon speed = 5 × x = 5 × 37 = 185 m/h

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