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1. Adam takes the underground train to work and uses an escalator at the railway station. If Adam runs up 7 steps of the escalator, then it takes him 75.0 seconds to reach the top of the escalator. If he runs up 15 steps of the escalator, then it takes him only 55.0 seconds to reach the top.
How many seconds would it take Adam to reach the top if he did not run up any steps of the escalator at all?
Answer:Answer:92.5
Solution:
If he runs up 7 steps, then he needs 75.0 seconds to reach the top.
If he runs up 15 steps, then he needs 55.0 seconds to reach the top.
The 8 additional steps take 20.0 seconds.
Therefore, each step takes 2.5 seconds.
Total steps in escalator = 7 + 75.0 / 2.5 = 37 or Total steps in escalator = 15 + 55.0 / 2.5 = 37.
If Adam did not run up any steps at all,
he would reach the top of the escalator in 92.5 seconds (i.e., 37 steps × 2.5 seconds/step).
Alternative Solution through Equations:
Let the total number of steps in the escalator be x.
The escalator moves at a constant speed given by