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Brady chucks a water balloon at Russell in the lunchroom. Running for his life, Russell travels 147m in 9.8s. What was his speed?
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Brady chucks a water balloon at Russell in the lunchroom. Running for his life, Russell travels 147m in 9.8s. What was his speed?

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The formula for speed is s = d/t. D is distance and t is time.
List what you know:
d = 147 m
t = 9.8 s

Now solve for s by plugging 147m in for d and 9.8s in for t.

s = 147m/9.8s = 15m/s
Russell’s speed was 15m/s
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