The distance traveled is 60 meter
Solution:
Given that,
Average speed = 1.5 m/s
Time taken = 40 seconds
To find: distance traveled
The formula for speed is given as:
[tex]speed = \frac{distance}{time}[/tex]
Rearrange the formula for distance
[tex]distance = speed \times time[/tex]
Substituting the given values, we get
[tex]distance = 1.5 \frac{meter}{second} \times 40 \text{ seconds }\\\\distance = 1.5 \times 40 \text{ meter }\\\\distance = 60 \text{ meter }[/tex]
Thus distance traveled is 60 meter