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Your friend just challenged you to a race through an obstacle course. You know in order to beat him, you must run 30 meters within 60 seconds in a southern direction. What does your average velocity need to be to win the race?

.5 meters per second, south
15 meters per second, south
2 meters per second, south
90 meters per second, south

User Hmallett
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Answer: A)

Step-by-step explanation:

User Damian Edwards
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Answer:

Velocity = 0.5 m/s South (A)

Step-by-step explanation:

You need to determine the average rate of velocity.

The equation you will use is velocity = displacement/time

The displacement is 30m South.

The time is 60 seconds.

Plug into the equation Velocity = 30m South/60 s

Velocity = 0.5 m/s South

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