It took a sled dog team 8.5 hours to travel 161.5 kilometers. What was the average speed of the sled dog team in kilometers per hour?

2 Answers
Jan 12, 2018

19kmh

Explanation:

This is a ratio, also called a quotient, and it is a division problem. To obtain the units desired of km/h you simply divided the given value of kilometers by the hours traveled:

161.58.5=19

Jan 12, 2018

19 km/hr

Explanation:

speed=distance traveledtime taken

  • distance = 161.5 km
  • time taken = 8.5 hrs

So

speed=161.5 km8.5 hr=19 km/hr