A car travels 100 meters in 5 seconds. What is the speed of the car?

speed = distance over time; 1 mile = 1609 meters

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A car travels 100 meters in 5 seconds. What is the speed of the car?

speed = distance over time; 1 mile = 1609 meters

phi · Answer

how far did you get ?

phi · Answer

the first step is to write speed as distance divided by time (and put in the "units")
$$ \frac{100 \ meters}{5\ secs} $$

anonymous · Answer

im terrible at this stuff and im lost on how to solve it

phi · Answer

do you get the idea of putting 100 meters divided by 5 seconds ?

phi · Answer

can you simplify 100/5 ?

phi · Answer

and I assume they want the final answer in miles per hour ?

phi · Answer

***im terrible at this stuff***
unfortunately, it takes work on your part to "get it".  If you don't have the time to try to work this out, you won't make much progress.