The speed of the Steel Dragon roller coaster in Mie Prefecture, Japan can be modeled by
.
a.
\Find how far the coaster travel in seconds.
(Original equation)
(Substitute
)
(Multiply)
The roller coaster travels in
.
b.
\The speed of Kingda Ka in Jackson, New Jersey, can be described by .
Find the which coaster travels faster.
\The Kingda Ka travels in
,so it travels a greater distance in the same
amount of time.
\a. The roller coaster travels in
.
b. The Kingda Ka travels in
.