If you need to relax at the airport and you are not in a rush, try the moving walkway at Lambert Airport. To move forward 279 feet and 10.5 inches, you can move at the rate of 24.3 inches per second or 1.38 mph, whichever way you choose to look at it.

The data my classmates and I gathered is as follows:

TIME IN MIN & SEC     TIME IN SECONDS           VARIANCES (TIME - AVERAGE TIME)
      2     17.780                               137.780                         -0.406
      2     18.700                               138.700                         +0.514
      2     18.400                               138.400                         +0.214
      2     18.290                               138.290                         +0.104
      2     18.150                               138.150                         -0.036
      2     18.710                               138.710                         +0.524
      2     17.435                               137.435                         -0.751
      2     18.105                               138.105                         -0.081
      2     18.340                               138.340                         +0.154
      2     17.990                               137.990                         -0.196
      2     18.150                               138.150                         -0.036
                              TOTAL         1,520.050                         +0.004

For Column 2, take the sum of the times and divide by number of times recorded.

Our given distance is 279 ft 10.5 in, convert from feet to inches to get distance.

If d=3,358.5 inches t=138.186 seconds, solve for r.

If you would like to calculate mph, know there are 63,360 inches in one mile, 60 seconds in one minute and 60 minutes in one hour.

And that is how you can have a little walkway fun.

For more information and ideas about this project you may link to a page written by one of the following math artists: Danielle, Darlene, Kellie, Jill's First and Third Web Page, Nanyal, Kevin, Crystal, Rachel, Christina, Jennifer, Candice, Vincent, Esther and Melinda. Most of us are in this picture but not in order of names.