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प्रश्न
A car moving on a straight path covers a distance of 1 km due east in 100 s. What is the speed of the car?
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उत्तर
Speed of the car = Distance/time taken
= `(1 "km")/(100 "s") = "1000 m"/"100 s" = "10 m/s"`
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