SOLUTION: Jerry’s parents live 55.0 km exactly west from his home. On one trip from his house to his parent’s home, he takes 1.25 hrs. to complete the journey. On arrival, he forgot he
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Question 1164303: Jerry’s parents live 55.0 km exactly west from his home. On one trip from his house to his parent’s home, he takes 1.25 hrs. to complete the journey. On arrival, he forgot he had to pick up some groceries, and so immediately, he drives 22.0 km east to a grocery store in a time of 0.40 hrs. Determine the average speed of Jerry (in units of m/s) for his entire trip from his home to the grocery
store. Found 2 solutions by Shin123, ikleyn:Answer by Shin123(626) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Jerry drove a total of km and it took him hours to do so. 1.65 hours is equivalent to seconds and 77 km is equal to 77,000 m. So Jerry's average speed is , which is about m/s.