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A person jogs eight complete laps around a 400-m track in a total time of 14.2 min . calculate the average velocity, in m/s.
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A person jogs eight complete laps around a 400-m track in a total time of 14.2 min . calculate the average velocity, in m/s.

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Meters per second, and the time is in minutes, so 14.2 times 60(how many seconds in 1 minute) is 852 seconds then velocity is meters divided by seconds, so 400 divided by 852 is 0.47 m/s rounded to the hundredths place
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