A car travels from Boston to Hartford in 4 hours. The two cities are 240 kilometers apart. What was the average speed of the car during the trip?
A. 4km/hour
B. 36 km/hour
C. 60 km/hour
D. 960 km/hour
2007-06-07 19:33:53 · 4 answers · asked by ursake_lastresort 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
average speed means the ratio of total distance traveled to total time taken. here the distance is 240 kms, time is 4 hours, so it's 240/4 kmph = 60 kmph.
2007-06-07 19:43:11 · answer #1 · answered by sloth 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The units of the answers alone should tell you that you divide the km by the hrs.
2007-06-07 19:37:52 · answer #2 · answered by gp4rts 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
answer:c
average speed=total dist./total time
=240/4
=60km/hr
2007-06-07 19:52:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
c. 60 km. / hr.
2007-06-07 19:41:53 · answer #4 · answered by Archie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋