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How far does a car travel in 90 seconds if it’s traveling 55 m/s? Show equation

User Natsume
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You just said the car is traveling at the speed of 55 m/s. If I understand this correctly, that means the car will cover:

55 meters in the first second,

55 meters in the 2nd second,

55 meters in the 3rd second,

55 meters in the 4th second,

55 meters in the 5th second,

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.

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55 meters in the 87th second,

55 meters in the 88th second,

55 meters in the 89th second, and

55 meters in the 90th second.

That's 55 meters 90 times. If you just move these words around a little bit, it says "90 times 55 meters" . . . a pretty simple arithmetic problem.

The equation is . . . Distance = (55 m/s) times (time, in seconds) .

I get 4,953 meters. You should check me on this.

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