Mary starts from her house, walks 80 meters south, and stops to chat with her aunt on the sidewalk. After chatting for a few minutes, she walks 125 meters to the west to meet a friend and then walks 45 meters north with her friend to a cafe for lunch. Overall, she takes 10 minutes to do all this. What is Mary’s average speed?
A.
8 meters/second
B.
1.25 meters/second
C.
25 meters/second
D.
4.5 meters/second
E.
0.42 meters/second
E is the correct answer because you have to multiply 10 by 60 (60 seconds in a minute) before doing distance over time. you also have to add all the distances up before this.