Answer:
The dolphins average speed is 3.51 [tex]\frac{meters}{seconds}[/tex]
Explanation:
First of all, the following rules of three should be applied:
[tex]distance=\frac{20 miles*1609 meters}{1 mile}[/tex]
distance=32,180 meters
[tex]time=\frac{153 minutes*60 seconds}{1 minute}[/tex]
time= 9,180 seconds
Speed is a physical quantity that expresses the relationship between the space traveled by an object and the time used for it. That is, speed implies the change of position of an object in space within a certain amount of time and is calculated as:
[tex]speed=\frac{distance}{time}[/tex]
So in this case the velocity is calculated as:
[tex]speed=\frac{32,180 meters}{9,180 seconds}[/tex]
Solving, you get:
Speed= 3.51 [tex]\frac{meters}{seconds}[/tex]
The dolphins average speed is 3.51 [tex]\frac{meters}{seconds}[/tex]
