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Jackie made a poster for the school advertising the Science Olympiad. She included sample statistics on the speed of the mousetrap cars from the previous years. a. If one car ra…

Jackie made a poster for the school advertising the Science Olympiad. She included sample statistics on the speed of the mousetrap cars from the previous years. a. If one car ra…
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Jackie made a poster for the school advertising the Science Olympiad. She included sample statistics on the speed of the mousetrap cars from the previous years.

a. If one car raced 8 meters in 1.5 seconds, what was its speed?

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meter/min

8/1.5=5.33

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Explanation:

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User Frank Myat Thu
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Set up a proportion to get its speed in meters per second
8meters/1.5 seconds = xmeters/1second
Cross multiply to get 1.5x=8
Divide to get x=5.33
5 1/3 meters per second
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