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Calculating average speed:

1. A person walks 6.0 meters in a time of 2.0 seconds. What is the average speed. PLEASE HELP!!!

User CSharper
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3 meters per second !

Speed= distance divided by time

6.0 divided by 2.0 = 3
User Chimerical
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Answer:

3 meters per second.

Explanation:

The formula for finding speed is:
s = (d)/(t). D is distance. T is time. So in your case, you would divide 6.0 (distance) by 2.0 (time). Your answer is 3. Add meters per second because you divided meters/seconds.

Hope it helps!

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