Question

A student drove to the university from her home and noted that the odometer reading of her car increased by 16.0 km. The trip took 20.0 min.?

Answer 1

Average speed is 48 km per hour

Explanation:

A student drove to the university from her home and noted that the odometer reading of her car increased by 16.0 km. The trip took 20.0 min. (a) What was her average speed? in km/hr

Distance traveled is 16 km and the time taken is 20 minutes

convert minutes into hour. to convert minutes into hour we divide by 60 because 1 hour = 60 minutes

`(20)/(60) =(1)/(3)`

so time = 1/3 and distance = 16

Average speed = distance by time

`speed =(16)/((1)/(3) ) =(48)/(1)= 48`

Average speed is 48 km per hour