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A person ran westward for 1600 meters in 8 minutes. What was their speed?

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Answer:

3.33 m/s

Step-by-step explanation:

1600 divided by 8 comes out to 200, so supposing we're measuring the speed in terms of Meters Per Second, we would need to divide 200 by 60 to take account of the individual seconds as opposed to simply 200 meters per minute.

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