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Question #13546

A person walks for 60 miles due east, then 20 miles due west in a time of 10 seconds. What is the person's average speed?

Expert's answer

Totally a person walked 60+20 = 80 miles for 10 seconds. So, the average speed is 80/10 = 8 miles per second.

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