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An athlete runs $\var{distance}$ m in $\var{seconds}$ seconds.

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			Name	Type	Generated Value

distance	integer	100
seconds	integer	24
speed	number	4.0866988987

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Distance that the runner ran.

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What was the runner's average speed, in metres per second?

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To find the average speed of the runner in meters per second (m/s), we divide the distance covered by the runner (in metres) by the time taken for the runner to run this distance (in seconds).

$\begin{align} \text{Average speed} &= \displaystyle\frac{\var{distance}}{\var{seconds}}\\ &= \var{distance/seconds}\\ &= \var{dpformat(distance/seconds,2)}\; \text{m/s} \; (\text{rounded to $2$ decimal places}). \end{align}$

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We can convert the average speed of the runner that we calculated in a) in metres per second to kilometres per hour using the following two equivalences:

$1\text{m} = \displaystyle\frac{1}{1000}\text{km},$

$1 \; \text{second} = \displaystyle\frac{1}{60} \; \text{minutes} = \displaystyle\frac{1}{3600} \; \text{hours}.$

We know from a) that the average speed of the runner in m/s was $\var{dpformat(distance/seconds,5)}$ m/s ( $5$ d.p), so to convert this speed to km/h we first need to convert metres to kilometres,

$\var{dpformat(distance/seconds,5)} \; \text{m/s} = \var{dpformat(distance/seconds/1000,5)} \text{km/s} \; (5 \; \text{d.p})$

Then we convert seconds to hours,

$1 \; \text{second} = \displaystyle\frac{1}{3600} \; \text{hours}.$

Now we have

$\var{dpformat(distance/seconds,5)} \; \text{m/s} = \var{sigformat(distance/seconds/1000,5)} \; \text{kilometres per $\displaystyle\frac{1}{3600}$ hours}.$

We want a rate per one hour, so we multiply by $3600$ to obtain a measurement in km/h:

$\begin{align}\var{sigformat(distance/seconds/1000,5)} \; \text{kilometres per $\displaystyle\frac{1}{3600}$ hours} &= \var{siground(distance/seconds/1000,5)*3600} \; \text{km}/\text{h}\\&=\var{dpformat(distance/seconds*3.6, 2)} \; \text{km}/\text{h} \; (\text{rounded to $2$ decimal places}).\end{align}$

$\var{sigformat(distance/seconds/1000,5)} \; \text{kilometres per $\displaystyle\frac{1}{3600}$ hours} = \var{distance/seconds*3.6} \; \text{km}/\text{h}.$

Note that throughout this calculation we have rounded all figures to $5$ decimal places for convenience; when doing calculations which involve long decimals, you should always input the full figure into your calculator to avoid getting an incorrect answer due to rounding.

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