1. A student bicycled 12 kilometers east in 2 hours. What was the student's average velocity during the trip?

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Alayna Roman

14 April, 13:12

1. A student bicycled 12 kilometers east in 2 hours. What was the student's average velocity during the trip?

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Deanna Hampton · Answer 1

Velocity is the ratio of the distance covered and the time taken to cover that distance. So in this case velocity is 12km divided by 2 hours or 12000 meters divided by 7200 seconds, which comes out to be 1.66. So the velocity, in this case, is 1.66 m/s (meter per second)