Question #03d52

1 Answer
Aug 17, 2017

"average speed" = 0.8average speed=0.8 "m/s"m/s

Explanation:

We're asked to find the average speed of an object, given the distance it traveled and the time it took to travel that distance.

To do this, we look at the average speed equation:

"average speed" = "distance traveled"/"time interval"average speed=distance traveledtime interval

We're given

  • "distance traveled" = 4distance traveled=4 "m"m

  • "time interval" = 5time interval=5 "s"s

So we have

color(red)("average speed") = (4color(white)(l)"m")/(5color(white)(l)"s") = color(red)(ulbar(|stackrel(" ")(" "0.8color(white)(l)"m/s"" ")|)