Lindy
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Here's the math for the last post....
If the real time, known only to God, was 4.39 sec, then:
(0.25 miles / 4.39 sec) * (3600 sec / hr) = 205 mph
If the real time, known only to God, was 4.89 sec, then:
(0.25 miles / 4.89 sec) * (3600 sec / hr) = 184 mph
It seems more likely to me that the guy on the bike actually took 4.89 seconds (=184 mph) to go the 1/4 mile, and the cop with the stopwatch in the airplane jumped the gun by only 0.5 seconds -- getting a time of 4.39 seconds (= 205 mph).
If the real time, known only to God, was 4.39 sec, then:
(0.25 miles / 4.39 sec) * (3600 sec / hr) = 205 mph
If the real time, known only to God, was 4.89 sec, then:
(0.25 miles / 4.89 sec) * (3600 sec / hr) = 184 mph
It seems more likely to me that the guy on the bike actually took 4.89 seconds (=184 mph) to go the 1/4 mile, and the cop with the stopwatch in the airplane jumped the gun by only 0.5 seconds -- getting a time of 4.39 seconds (= 205 mph).