A man walked 2.5 km in 50 seconds how fast did he go in meters per second?
(2.5 * 1000) / 50 = _______ meters per second
Wait a minute! Do you have a typo here? 2.5 km in less than a minute seems impossible!
2.5 kilometers it says ms.sue
Whoever made up this question goofed!
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It says a man walked 2.5 kilometers in 50 seconds how fast did he go in meters per second (hint 1km=1000m) Ms. Sue I am so confused
(2.5 * 1000) / 50 = _______ meters per second
50 meters per.second
Yes. But impossible!
Thank you Ms.Sue
You're welcome, Jared.
To find the speed in meters per second, we need to convert the distance and time to the same units. In this case, we want to convert 2.5 km to meters and 50 seconds to seconds.
To convert kilometers to meters, we know that 1 kilometer is equal to 1000 meters. So, we can multiply 2.5 km by 1000 to get the distance in meters: 2.5 km * 1000 m/km = 2500 meters.
Now, we can divide the distance of 2500 meters by the time of 50 seconds to find the speed in meters per second: 2500 meters / 50 seconds = 50 meters/second.
Therefore, the man went at a speed of 50 meters per second.