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A sprinting cheetah covered a distance of 518 meters in 18.5 seconds. If the cheetah ran a constant speed, how fast was it running

User Dor Dadush
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Answer:

Speed of the cheetah would be 28 m/sec

Explanation:

Given:

Distance covered = 518 meters

Time taken = 18.5 seconds

To Find:

Speed of cheetah = ?

Solution:

We are given with the distance and time of the cheetah and we have to find the speed of the cheetah which we can find out by the formula i.e.

Distance = speed * time

Putting in the values

518 = speed * 18.5

Dividing both sides by 18.5

it gives us

518 / 18.5 = speed ∴ 18.5 / 18.5 = 1 and 1* speed = speed

28 m/sec = speed

Or Speed = 28 m/sec

Speed of the cheetah would be 28 m/sec

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