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Simon drove through some roadworks where the speed limit was 50 mph. Two cameras recorded the time taken to travel 1200 m through the roadworks as 56 seconds . Was Simon speeding through the roadworks ?

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Answer:

[tex]Speed = 21.43m/s[/tex]

Step-by-step explanation:

Given

[tex]Distance = 1200m[/tex] -- of the roadworks

[tex]Time\ Recorded = 56s[/tex]

Required

Determine the speed

In this case:

[tex]Speed = \frac{Distance\ of\ Roadword}{Time\ Captured}[/tex]

[tex]Speed = \frac{1200m}{56s}[/tex]

[tex]Speed = 21.43m/s[/tex] --- approximated