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The speed of a moving object means
(a) how far it goes.
(b) how long it goes on moving.
(c) how far it goes in a certain time.
(d) none of these.

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Solution

(c) how far it goes in a certain time

Speed is the rate at which an object covers a given distance in a particular period of time.

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