Answer: The average speed of the toy car during the two trials is 2m/s.
Explanation:
Speed can be defined as a type of scalar quantity in physics through which the rate at which an object travels through a distance is measured in a given amount of time. The formula for determining the speed of a car is:
Speed= distance/ time which has an SI unit of m/s.
From the speed tests carried out on a toy car, the speed of trial 1 is:
Distance= 10 meters
Time= 5 seconds
Therefore trial one speed is 10/5= 2m/s
While the speed of trial 2 is:
Distance= 40meters
Time= 20 seconds
Therefore trial 2 speed is 40/ 20= 2mls
Average speed of the toy car during the two trials is: Sum of both both speeds divided by total number of trials.
Therefore: 2 m/s + 2m/s / 2= 2m/s
From the calculation, the average speed of the toy car during the two trials is 2m/s.
