document.write( "Question 310819: I am taking a science course to teach sicence to elementary students. Here is my problem. I know the following infomation only!
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document.write( "Distance 0.0095km
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document.write( "Speed=2m/s
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document.write( "I see that the distance is in km and the speed is in meters! I have not worked with metric system in over 30 years? How do I solve this problem? \n" );
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Algebra.Com's Answer #222286 by solver91311(24713)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! \r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "A kilometer is 1000 meters. So 0.0095 kilometers is the same thing as 9.5 meters.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then it is merely a matter of dividing 9.5 by 2.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Alternatively, if you are a masochist and like to beat yourself with long decimal fractions you could say that since a kilometer is 1000 meters, 2m/s is the same thing as 0.002 km/s\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "Then divide 0.0095 by 0.002\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The answer is the same either way.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "John \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |