A body travels 10 meters during the first 5 seconds of its travel, and it travels a total of 30 meters over the first 10 seconds of its travel. What is its average speed during the time from t = 5 seconds to t = 10 seconds?

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23 February, 06:42

A body travels 10 meters during the first 5 seconds of its travel, and it travels a total of 30 meters over the first 10 seconds of its travel. What is its average speed during the time from t = 5 seconds to t = 10 seconds?

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Skye Hawkins · Answer 1

The answer is 4 m/s.

In the first 5 seconds, a body travelled 10 meters. In the first 10 seconds of the travel, the body travelled a total of 30 meters, which means that in the last 5 seconds, it travelled 20 meters (30m + 10m).

The relation of speed (v), distance (d), and time (t) can be expressed as:

v = d/t

We need to calculate the speed of the second 5 seconds of the travel:

d = 20 m (total 30 meters - first 10 meters)

t = 5 s (time from t = 5 seconds to t = 10 seconds)

Thus:

v = 20m / 5s = 4 m/s

Jaylynn · Answer 2

A body travels 10 meters during the first 5 seconds of its travel, and a total of 30 meters over the first 10 seconds of its travel

20miles / 5sec = 4miles / sec would be the average speed for the last 20 min