What is the aversge speed if you run 100 m at a speed of 5 m/s and then walk 100 m at a speed of 1 m/s?

Answer 1

The average speed will be the total distance traveled divided by the total time in doing so. The total distance will be 100 + 100 = 200 m. The total time will be how long it took to run 100 m + how long it took to walk 100 m.

Run: (100m)/(5m/s)=20s

Walk: (100m)/(1m/s)=100s

Total time: 20+100=120s

Average speed = 200m/120s

=1.67m/s