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Question from Terry:

How many seconds would it take to travel 0.18 km at a speed of 130km per hour?

Hi Terry,

The important fact here is that speed is distance over time so you have

where t is the time in hours. Solve this equation for t and then use that facts that there are 60 minutes in an hour and 60 seconds in a minute to convert t to seconds.

Penny

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