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Matter In Our Surroundings

Question
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Rita takes 20 minutes to cover a distance of 3.2 kilometres on a bicycle.
Calculate her velocity in units of kilometre/minute, metre/minute and kilometre/hour.

Solution
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T i m e space t a k e n space t o space c o v e r space t h e space d i s t a n c e comma space straight t space equals space 20 space m i n space

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