Question

Suppose you want to know how fast you traveled from the park to the library. As you moved, your speed varied from second to second. Therefore, in order to describe your speed, you must describe the average speed of the entire trip. Average speed is one reason. It is the distance an object moves divided by the time it takes to travel that distance. If you covered the 1 km distance to the library in 15 min, or 0.25 h, your average speed was 1 km / 0.25 h or 4 km / h.

Answer 1

Explanation:

In order to describe speed of an object, we must describe the average speed of the entire trip. It is equal to the distance moved divided by time taken.

If a person covers a distance of 1 km to the library in 15 minutes, we can find its average speed.

Firstly, we convert 15 minutes to hour, 15 min = 0.25 hours

Now, using formula of speed = distance/time

`v=(1\ km)/(0.25\ h)\\\\v=4\ km/h`

It means that the average speed of the person is 4 km/h. Hence, the given statement is true.