Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
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Chapter 2 - One-Dimensional Kinematics - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 48: 9

Answer

Average speed $=10.1 m/s=22.66 mi/h$

Work Step by Step

We know that $v=\frac{s}{t}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $v=\frac{200m}{19.75s}$ $v=10.1m/s$ Now $v=(10.1m/s)(\frac{3600s}{1h})(\frac{1mile}{1.61\times 10^3m})$ $v=22.66mi/h$
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