Look at the distance-time graph for a remote-controlled car. What is the speed of the car?
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The average speed is 20.8 m/s
Explanation:
The average speed for the trip is given by:
where
d is the distance covered
t is the time elapsed
For the trip in this problem, we have:
d = 187 km = 187,000 m is the distance travelled
The initial time is 10:00 pm while the arriving time is 12:30 am: this means that the time elapsed is 2.5 hours. Converting into seconds,
Therefore, the average speed for the trip is
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