Question

A baseball is thrown 50.0m in 3.0s, what is the average speed of the baseball? Calculated answer is 16.666667! What is the correct answer when using significant figures?

Answer 1

20m/s

Step-by-step explanation:

Given parameters:

Distance of throw = 50m

Time = 3s

Unknown:

Average speed = ?

Solution:

Average speed is distance divided by time;

Average speed =
`(distance )/(time)`

Insert the parameters and solve;

Average speed =
`(50)/(3)` = 16.66667m/s = 20m/s