Numbers and Measurements

question 10

Short Answer

Numbers and Measurements
In an attempt to determine the velocity of a person on a bicycle, an observer uses a stopwatch and times the length of time it takes to cover 25 "squares" on a sidewalk. A measurement of one of the squares shows it to be 1.13 m long. The bicycle takes 4.82 seconds to travel this far. What velocity, in m/sec, should the observer report?

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