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A car travels 2500 meters then stops. It turns left and travels 3000 meters; the car does this is 200 seconds. What was the average speed of the car?​

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Answer:

27.5 m/s

Explanation:

Average speed = distance / time

s = (2500 m + 3000 m) / (200 s)

s = 27.5 m/s

Note that average speed is different than the average velocity. Average velocity would be displacement over time, rather than distance over time.

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