Question

A cyclist travels a distance of 1 kilometre in the first hour 0.5 kilometre in the second hour and 0.3 km in the third hour find the average speed of the cyclist in kilometre per hour and metres per second

Answer 1

Answer:

average velocity=0.6km/hr

=0.166m/s

Answer 2

A cyclist travel a distance of

1km in the first hour

0.5km in the second hour

0.3km in the third hour

Avg. Speed

= Total Distance / Total time

= (1 km + 0.5 km + 0.3 km) / 3 s

= (1000 + 500 + 300) m / 3 s

= 1800 / 3

= 600 m/s