A bicycle rider travels 60.0 kilometers in 3.5 hours. What is the cyclist's average speed?

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A bicycle rider travels 60.0 kilometers in 3.5 hours. What is the cyclist's average speed?

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Answer 1 · 2017-05-20T02:37:31

$\frac{17 km}{hr}$ $(17" km")/("hr")$

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Now that we have established what speed is, let's calculate.

$Average speed = \frac{60.0 km}{3.5 hrs}$ $"Average speed" = (60.0" km")/(3.5" hrs")$

$Average speed = \frac{17 km}{hr}$ $"Average speed" = (17" km")/("hr")$

$Answer: s = \frac{17 km}{hr}$ $color(blue)("Answer: s" = (17" km")/("hr")$

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