Question

Which of the following represents the greatest speed? 40 m/s 400 cm/s 0.4 km/s 40,000 mm/s

Answer 1

0.4 kilometres per second

Answer 2

0.4km/s

Step-by-step explanation:

To be able to know the greatest speed out of all the speed values, we will have to convert the velocities value to m/s.

Converting velocity of 400cm/s to m/s, we have;

400cm/s × 1m/100cm

= 4m/s

Since 100cm = 1m

For velocity of 0.4km/s, we have;

0.4km/s × 1000m/1km

= 400m/s

Note that 1000m = 1km

For velocity 40,000mm/s, we have;

40,000mm/s× 1m/1000mm

= 40m/s

Since 1000mm = 1m

Therefore among all the converted values, the velocity of 0.4km/s which is equivalent to 400m/s is the greatest.