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A red car travels 400 m in 20s. A blue car travels 660m in 30s. Which car has the greater average speed

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ANSWER:

  • BLUE CAR IS FASTER THAN RED CAR.

GIVEN:

For red car

  • Distance traveled = 400m
  • Time taken = 20 sec

For blue car

  • Distance traveled = 660m
  • Time taken = 30 sec

TO FIND:

  • Which car has greater speed?

ANSWER:

Formula

\implies \: average \: speed \:  =  \frac{total \: distance}{total \: time}    \\  \:  \:  \:  \:  \:  \:  \:  \:  \:  \:  \:  \:  \:  \\ for \: red \: car \\  \: \implies \: average \: speed \:    =  \frac{400}{20}  \\  \implies \: average \: speed \:   = 20ms {}^{ - 1}  \\  \:  \:  \:  \:  \:  \:  \:   \:  \:  \: \:  \:  \: \\  for \: blue \: car \\  \implies \: average \: speed \:   \:  =  \frac{total \: distance}{total \: time}  \\  \implies \: average \: speed \:   \:  =  \frac{660}{30}  \\  \implies \: average \: speed \:   = 22ms {}^{ - 1}

BLUE CAR IS FASTER THAN RED CAR

NOTE:

some IMPORTANT FORMULAS

\implies \: average \: velocity =  \frac{total \: displacement}{total \: time}  \\ \implies \: average \: speed =  \frac{total \: distance}{total \: time}



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