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(08-24-2019, 12:26 AM)rfaulk34 Wrote: Quick math question. If you run in a straight line for 50 yards, can you tell me how much further ahead player A would be from player B if player A can run 40 yards in 4.4 seconds and player B can run 40 yards in 4.68 seconds?

Don't answer that. Answer this. If a train traveling westbound from San Francisco is going 65 miles an hour and another train traveling eastbound from Poughkeepsie is going 59 miles an hour...how much would a guy named Kim pay for rice on a Sunday night in Bangkok?

If we're talking 40 time as an average speed and not discussing acceleration, max speed, etc.  it's pretty easy.

Player A can run the 40 at 4.4 seconds, so if we divide 40 yards by 4.4 seconds, we arrive at an average speed of 9.09 yards/second.

If we do the same for B, we arrive at 40/4.68=8.55 yards/second.  

To get Player A's 50 yard time, we divide the distance(50 yards) by his average speed(9.09 yards/second to arrive at 5.5 seconds.

To determine Player B's distance traveled, we multiply Player A's 50 yard time(5.5 seconds) by Player B's average speed(8.55 yards/second) to arrive at 47.03, so basically 3 yards behind.

By doing this, we can determine that Player B is slow as molasses and probably doesn't have the physical talent necessary to cut it as a WR at the NFL level.  All is not lost, however, because you can still probably cheer for Player B in the XFL next year.