Maye is running an experiment to determine if a car with large tires will move faster than a car with small tires. her ramp is 0.7 m long she recording the following times on each of her trials: Trial 1:2.5 seconds, Trial 2: 2.75 seconds, Trial 3: 2.98 seconds. what was the average speed of her car?

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Mullen

5 September, 07:08

Maye is running an experiment to determine if a car with large tires will move faster than a car with small tires. her ramp is 0.7 m long she recording the following times on each of her trials: Trial 1:2.5 seconds, Trial 2: 2.75 seconds, Trial 3: 2.98 seconds. what was the average speed of her car?

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Sydney Kirk · Answer 1

0.256 m/s

Explanation:

Speed is distance over time.

Find the speed of each trial and then find the average.

Trial 1: v = 0.7 m / 2.5 s = 0.280 m/s

Trial 2: v = 0.7 m / 2.75 s = 0.255 m/s

Trial 3: v = 0.7 m / 2.98 s = 0.235 m/s

v_avg = (0.280 m/s + 0.255 m/s + 0.235 m/s) / 3

v_avg = 0.256 m/s

Round as needed.