Question

A race car was attempting to set a record the race car went 1000 feet in 4.5 seconds to the nearest Tenth what is the average speed of the race car

Answer 1

222 ft/sec

Explanation:

Essentially you're being asked to find the unit speed (that is, distance per sec).

1000 ft

------------ = 222 feet/sec is the approx. average speed / unit speed

4.5 sec