Question

A horse is grazing for food it trots rightward 15 m to eat a carrot then walks rightward 20 m to another carrot then turns leftward to walk 4 m to bite an apple the horse walks a total of 74 s

Answer 1

.42 | Speed

.527 | Velocity

Answer 2

The horse's average speed is 0.527 m/s

Step-by-step explanation:

step one:

In this problem, we are not asked explicitly what to solve for, but given the following data we can solve for the average speed

step two:

We know that average speed = total distance/total time taken

total distance= 15m+20+4m= 39m

total time= 74 seconds

step three:

average speed= 39/74

average speed= 0.527 m/s

The horse's average speed is 0.527 m/s