Question

A cable car was pulled up a mountain at a constant velocity for 7.5 seconds. It moved51 meters in that time. What was the cable car's velocity?

Answer 1

The velocity can be calculated using the next formula because the velocity is constant

$v=\frac{d}{t}$

where v is the velocity, d is the distance and t is the time.

In our case

t=7.5

d=51 m

We susbtitute

$v=\frac{51}{7.5}=6.8\text{ m/s}$

ANSWER

The velocity is 6.8 m/s