Question

What is speed? If you walk 3 kilometers in 30 minutes, what is your average speed in kilometers per hour? Compare and contrast instantaneous and average speed. What distance will a truck travel in 3 hours at an average speed of 50 miles per hour?

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

distance = 3 kilometres

time = 30 minutes or 0.5 hours

speed = distance/time = 3/0.5 = 6 Kmhr-1

Average speed is given by total distance covered divided by the total time taken while the instantaneous speed is the speed of an object at a particular instant or moment in time. Average speed refers to the whole journey while instantaneous speed refers to a particular point or instant in the journey.

distance= x

time = 3 hours

speed = 50 miles per hour

speed = distance/time

distance = speed * time

distance = 3 * 50

distance = 150 miles