suppose you are walking home after school. The distance from school to your home is five kilometers. on foot you can get home in 25 minutes. However if you rode a bicycle you could get gome in 10 minutes. what is your average speed while walking

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if it takes ten minutes to travel 5 km, then it'll take 60 minutes to travel thirty, making your biking speed 30 kilometers per hour. 25 minutes divided by ten is 2.5. multiply 5 by 2.5 to get 12.5, your average walking speed.

Answer: The average speed while walking is 12 km/hr.

Explanation:

Average speed is defined as the ratio of total distance traveled to the total time taken.

To calculate the average speed while walking, we use the equation:

[tex]\text{Average speed}=\frac{\text{Total distance traveled}}{\text{Total time taken}}[/tex]

We are given:

Distance from school to home = 5 km

Time taken = 25 mins  = 0.417 hr   (Conversion factor: 1 min = 60 sec)

Putting values in above equation, we get:

[tex]\text{Average speed while walking}=\frac{5km}{0.417hr}=12km/hr[/tex]

Hence, the average speed while walking is 12 km/hr.