Lauren's SUV was detected exceeding the posted speed limit of 60 kilometers per hour, how many kilometers per hour would she have been traveling over the limit if she had covered a distance of 10 kilometers in 5 minutes?

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Answer 1 · 2015-11-26T23:26:14

#60"km/hr"#

First convert her speed into km/hr.

There are 60 min in 1 hr so 5 min = 5/60 = 1/12 of an hour.

So her speed will be dist/time = #10/(1/12)=120"km/hr"#

So she exceeds the limit by #120-60=60"km/hr"#