Find the ratio of speed? A hare and a Jackal are running a race. Three leaps of the hare are equal to four leaps of Jackal. For every six leaps of the hare, the jackal takes 5 leaps. Find the ratio of their speeds? I have tried to solve the question like: speed of Hare = X/3 Speed of Jackal = X/4 so ratio should be 6x/3:5x/4 or 2x:1.25x or 2:1.25 Now I am not very sure that I am following the right process?

Let $l_h,l_j$ be the leap lengths of the hare & jackal respectively. Let $r_h, r_j$ be the number of leaps per second (rate).

We have $3 l_h = 4 l_j$, or $\frac{l_h}{l_j} = \frac{4}{3}$.

We also have $r_h = \frac{6}{5} r_j$, or $\frac{r_h}{r_j} = \frac{6}{5}$.

Their speeds are given by the leap rate times the leap length, so $\frac{s_h}{s_j} = \frac{l_h r_h}{l_j r_j}= \frac{l_h}{l_j} \frac{r_h}{r_j} = \frac{4}{3} \frac{6}{5} = \frac{8}{5}$.