Pete is driving down 7th street, He drives 150 meters in 18 seconds, Assumning he does not speed up orslow down, what is his average speed in m/s?

Respuesta :

Given data,

Distance travelled by pete.

[tex]d=150\text{ m}[/tex]

Time taken by pete.

[tex]t=18\text{ sec}[/tex]

Consider the formula for speed.

[tex]s=\frac{d}{t}[/tex]

Substitute the given values.

[tex]\begin{gathered} s=\frac{150\text{ m}}{18\text{ sec}} \\ s=8.3\text{ m/sec.} \end{gathered}[/tex]

Therefore, the average speed in m/s is 8.3 m/sec.