SOLUTION: If an elk covers 100 meters in 5 seconds, at what speed is the elk running?

SOLUTION: If an elk covers 100 meters in 5 seconds, at what speed is the elk running?

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Question 595381: If an elk covers 100 meters in 5 seconds, at what speed is the elk running?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
d = rt

100 = r(5)

100/5 = r

20 = r

r = 20

So the elk is running 20 meters per second.
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