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What is the average speed of a car that traveled 300.0 miles in 5.5 hours?
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Answer:

Average speed of the car is 54.55 miles/hour

Step-by-step explanation:

The average speed of an object is the total distance traveled by the

object divided by the time taken to cover this distance

Speed is a scalar quantity which means it is defined only by magnitude

Average speed = total distance ÷ total time

A car traveled 300 miles in 5.5 hours

We need to find the average speed of the car

The average speed of the car = the distance traveled ÷ the time taken

for this distance

The distance is 300 miles

The time taken is 5.5 hours

Average speed =
(300)/(5.5)=54.55 miles/hour

Average speed of the car is 54.55 miles/hour

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