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A bus travels, a distance of 20 km from Chennai central to airport in 45 minutes. What is the average speed?

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Given : Distance =20 km =20,000 m
Time =45 min =2700 s
Average speed =`"Total Distance"/"Total Time Taken"`
Average speed = `"20 km"/"40 min"="20,000m"/"2700 s"`
`="200 m"/"27 s"=7.4 ms^(-1)`
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