A human chain is formed by 60 people standing with their arms outstretched, each holding the hand of the person on either side. The first 30 people in the chain have arm spans of 6 feet. The next 30 people have arm spans of 5.5 feet. At the word "go," the first person squeezes the hand of the second person, then the second person squeezes the hand of the third and so on. retriceme that each pesron taes 1/3 second to pass along the signal.

Write a piece wise function for the distance that the signal travels in t seconds.
Does the signal travel faster in the first half of the chain or the second half? how is this shown in the funtion?

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A human chain is formed by 60 people standing with their arms outstretched, each holding the hand of the person on either side. The first 30 people in the chain have arm spans of 6 feet. The next 30 people have arm spans of 5.5 feet. At the word "go," the first person squeezes the hand of the second person, then the second person squeezes the hand of the third and so on. retriceme that each pesron taes 1/3 second to pass along the signal.

Write a piece wise function for the distance that the signal travels in t seconds.
Does the signal travel faster in the first half of the chain or the second half? how is this shown in the funtion?