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In Physics / High School | 2014-03-05

What is the average speed of a car that traveled 300.0 miles in 5.5 hours?

Asked by Greenrose

Answer (3)

54.54 miles per hour ;

Answered by AKTHEBOSS | 2024-06-12

The average speed of will be " 0.41 m/s ".
Speed and Distance :
According to the question,
Distance = 300.0 miles
Time = 5.5 hours
We know,
300.0 miles = 482803 meters
Now,
By converting 5.5 hours into seconds , we get
= 5.5 × 1 60 ​ × 1 3600 ​
= 1 , 188 , 000
hence,
The speed will be:
= 1188000 482803 ​
= 0.406 or, 0.41 m / s
Thus the above answer is right.
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Answered by Cricetus | 2024-06-24

The average speed of the car that traveled 300.0 miles in 5.5 hours is approximately 54.55 miles per hour. If converted to metric, this speed is about 24.4 meters per second.
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Answered by Cricetus | 2024-09-30