Question

A cheetah ran 300 feet in 2.4 seconds. What was the cheetah's average speed in feet per second?

Answer 1

$\begin{gathered} \text{Cheetah ran 300 f}eet\text{ in 2.4 sec.} \\ \text{Average sp}eed=\frac{300}{2.4}=125\text{ ft/sec} \end{gathered}$

The given data is,

Cheetah ran 300 feet in 2.4 sec.

Then the asking in the question averagae speed,so

Average speed=300/2.4

=125 ft/sec

This is distance travels by the cheetah in each second.