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It took malcom 6 minutes to walk 500m from the bus stop to the opera house. How fastwas he travelling

User Mchev
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speed =
(distance)/(time)
distance = 500m.
time = 6 min = 360 seconds
speed =
(500)/(360)
speed = 1.38 m/s or
(25)/(18)m/s
User Kidoher
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v=(s)/(t)\\\\s=500m=0.5km\\\\t=6min=(6)/(60)h=(1)/(10)h=0.1h\\\\v=(0.5)/(0.1)\ km/h=5\ km/h
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