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Question
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The odometer of a car reads 2000 km at the start of a trip and 2400 km at the end of the trip. If the trip took 8 hours, calculate the average speed of the car in km per hour and ms-1.

Solution
Distance space covered space by space the space car comma
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space space space space space space Time space elapsed comma space space straight t space equals space 8 space hour
Average space speed space of space the space car comma space v subscript av space equals space straight s over straight t equals space fraction numerator 400 space km over denominator 8 space straight h end fraction space equals space 50 space km divided by straight h.
or space space space space space space space v subscript av space equals space fraction numerator 50 space cross times space 1000 space straight m over denominator 3600 space straight s end fraction space equals space 13.9 space ms to the power of negative 1 end exponent.