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A person travelled a distance of $100 m$ in $10$ seconds. What is the speed of the person?

10 m / s

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Solution

The correct option is A $10 m / s$
Distance travelled by the person $d = 100 m$
Time taken $t = 10 s$
Speed of the person $v = \frac{d}{t}$
$⟹ v = \frac{100}{10} = 10 m / s$

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A person travelled a distance of 100m in 10 seconds. What is the speed of the person?

The correct option is A 10m/sDistance travelled by the person d=100 mTime taken t=10 sSpeed of the person v=dt⟹ v=10010=10 m/s

A person travelled a distance of $100 m$ in $10$ seconds. What is the speed of the person?

The correct option is A $10 m / s$
Distance travelled by the person $d = 100 m$
Time taken $t = 10 s$
Speed of the person $v = \frac{d}{t}$
$⟹ v = \frac{100}{10} = 10 m / s$