She used the associative property which should only be used with positive numbers (sorry if it isn't the answer you're looking for)
Average speed = total distance divided by total time.
In the first part, the car covered 490 km in 7 hours, but I think you mistyped the second part (“then covers a speed of 90km”) and a critical piece is missing to find the total distance and time.
It is given in the question that the solid is a cone with height of 16 units and radius of 7 units .
The formula of volume of cone is

To find the volume, we substitute the given values of r and h and use 3.14 for pi. That is

And that's the required volume of the cone .
Step-by-step explanation:
The nth term of a geometric progression can be determined by using the formula:
Tn=arn−1
where: a = first term and r = common ratio
Substitute the given values of first term and common ratio into the formula:
Tn=arn−1
T5=(40)(0.5)5−1
T5=(40)(0.5)4
T5=(40)(0.0625)
T5=2.5