Find the average velocity of an athlete who runs 1500m in 4 minutes, show in m/s and km/h ?

1 Answer
Jul 4, 2018

#6.25# meters per second or #22.5# kilometers per hour

Explanation:

#1500# meters in #4# minutes or #240# seconds means

#1500/240=cancel1500^25/cancel240^4=25/4=6.25# meters per second (dividing by #60#)

or #6.25xx3600=22500# meters per hour

or #22.5# kilometers per hour.