SOLUTION: An elephant walked at a speed of 2.36m/s a) Covert this to km/h b)How many kilometres could he travel in 3.5 hours Show work

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Question 823291: An elephant walked at a speed of 2.36m/s
a) Covert this to km/h
b)How many kilometres could he travel in 3.5 hours
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An elephant walked at a speed of 2.36m/s
a) Covert this to km/h
Find how many meters in 1 hr (3600 sec in 1 hr), divide by 1000 to get km/hr
%282.36%2A3600%29%2F1000 = 8.5 km/hr
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b)How many kilometres could he travel in 3.5 hours
dist = speed * time
d = 8.5 * 3.5