SOLUTION: 1) A go-kart travels 36 meters in 5.0 seconds. What is the speed of the go-kart in units of meters per seconds? Express your answer to one decimal place. 2) A sheet of plywood

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Question 894728: 1) A go-kart travels 36 meters in 5.0 seconds. What is the speed of the go-kart in units of meters per seconds? Express your answer to one decimal place.
2) A sheet of plywood has a length of 240 centimeters and a width of 120 centimeters. What is the area of the sheet of plywood? Express your answer in 2 decimal places.
3) A diving platform is 10 meters high. How high is the diving platform in units of inches?

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1) A go-kart travels 36 meters in 5.0 seconds. What is the speed of the go-kart in units of meters per seconds? Express your answer to one decimal place.
To get meters/second, divide the # of meters by the # of seconds.
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2) A sheet of plywood has a length of 240 centimeters and a width of 120 centimeters. What is the area of the sheet of plywood? Express your answer in 2 decimal places.
It's the product of its dimensions.
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3) A diving platform is 10 meters high. How high is the diving platform in units of inches?
That's a conversion. I can do those on my phone.
PS 1 inch = 2.54 cm = 0.0254 meters