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a car starts 45km (W) of a railroad crossing and travels to 15km (E) of the railroad in 1.2h. what is the velocity of the car in meters per second.

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If the car starts at a point that's 45 km West of a place, and goes
to a point that's 15 km East of the same place, then the car had to
drive (45km + 15km) = 60 km all together.

Speed = (distance covered) / (time to cover the distance)

= (60 km) / (1.2 hours)

= 50 km/hour .

But the question wants the answer in a different unit,
so we ( I ) have to convert it.

1 km = 1,000 meters
1 hour = 3,600 seconds

Car's speed = (50 km/hr) x (1000 m/km) x (1 hr/3600 sec)

= (50 · 1000 / 3600) m/sec

= 13.89 m/s (rounded)

That's still not the velocity of the car.
Its velocity is

13.89 m/s to the East
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