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Units of Speed

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If distance is measured in kilometre and time in hours, what will be the unit of speed?

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Explanation:
$S p e e d = \frac{D i s \tan c e}{t i m e}$
If the distance is measured in kilometre in hours then the unit of speed will be $k m / h r$ .

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