Mountain bike race

This task is about making inferences from a photograph.

girls biking arb.jpg

Two girls were racing down a hill on identical mountain bikes. The rules were that you could not pedal and the race began from a standing start. Paula was ahead of Aroha as they raced to the bottom of the hill.

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Look carefully at the photo.
a)  What do you notice that might be making Paula go fast?

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The bikes will eventually slow down and stop.
b)  What makes them do this?