Question

Bernie drove home from a vacation in 1.5 hours. He traveled a total distance
of 60 miles. What was his average speed in miles per hour?

Answer 1

Answer:

Average speed of the car is equal to $40 miles/hour.$

Explanation:

In the given question it is given that Bernie drove a distance of $60 miles$. The total time taken for the drive is $1.5 hours.$

distance $d=60 miles$

time $t= 1.5 hours$

average speed $v_av= \frac{total \ distance}{total \ time}$

$=d/t = 60/1.5= 40 miles/hour$

Average speed is the quantity used to define the motion of an object during a specific time interval. SI unit of speed is m/s. To find average speed of a body from the position-time graph we have to calculate the slope of the graph corresponding to the given time interval.

Answer 2

Answer: 40 mph

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