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My teacher took off points because I puter meters per second and not meters/second. Are these not the same thing?

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It is the same but the teacher may be trying to get you to put it that way for future math problems.

User Prakhar Tomar
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Answer:

No

Explanation:

Meters per second is how many meters in one second

meters/second is meters divided by one second

Hope this helps you understand better!

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