When Doing a Physics Problem, You Were Asked to Calculate

question 6

Multiple Choice

When doing a physics problem, you were asked to calculate how fast a car was going in a particular situation. You came up with an answer of 230 m/s. You want to check if this is plausible, by converting this number into more familiar units: kilometres per hour. What is 230 m/s when converted into kilometres per hour, and is this a plausible speed for a car?

• A)230 km/hr: not plausible
• B)828 km/hr: not plausible
• C)64 km/hr: plausible
• D)2.3 km/hr: plausible
• E)23 km/hr: plausible

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