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Question
A car is moving along a straight road at a steady speed. It travels 150 m in 5 seconds:
How long does it take to travel 240 m ?
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Solution
(d) We have:
Distance (d) = 240 m
Speed (v) = 30 m/s
We can find the time as :
`"Time" = "Distance travelled"/"Speed"`
So ,
t = `240/30` s
= 8 s
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