{"id":23290,"date":"2025-06-17T11:48:02","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T11:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=23290"},"modified":"2025-06-17T11:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T11:48:08","slug":"a-jeepney-runs-for-3-hours-to-cover-a-300-km-distance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/a-jeepney-runs-for-3-hours-to-cover-a-300-km-distance\/","title":{"rendered":"A jeepney runs for 3 hours to cover a 300 km distance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A jeepney runs for 3 hours to cover a 300 km distance. What is its speed? * 1 point A. 90 km\/hr B. 100 km\/hr C. 110 km\/hr D. 120 km\/hr<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>The correct answer and explanation is:<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correct Answer: B. 100 km\/hr<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Explanation:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To find the <strong>speed<\/strong> of the jeepney, we use the basic formula from physics: Speed=DistanceTime\\text{Speed} = \\frac{\\text{Distance}}{\\text{Time}}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are told:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>distance<\/strong> traveled is <strong>300 kilometers<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>time<\/strong> taken is <strong>3 hours<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now plug in the values: Speed=300&nbsp;km3&nbsp;hr=100&nbsp;km\/hr\\text{Speed} = \\frac{300 \\text{ km}}{3 \\text{ hr}} = 100 \\text{ km\/hr}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the jeepney is traveling at <strong>100 kilometers per hour<\/strong>, which corresponds to <strong>option B<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Understanding the Concept Further:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Speed is a measure of how quickly an object moves from one place to another. It\u2019s an important concept in both everyday life and scientific applications. The <strong>unit<\/strong> of speed here is <strong>kilometers per hour (km\/hr)<\/strong>, which tells us how many kilometers are covered in one hour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A speed of <strong>100 km\/hr<\/strong> means that the jeepney covers 100 kilometers in every hour.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If it continues at this speed, it would cover:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>200 km in 2 hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>300 km in 3 hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>400 km in 4 hours, and so on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Why the Other Options Are Incorrect:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s check the total distance each option would cover in 3 hours:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A. 90 km\/hr \u2192 90 \u00d7 3 = 270 km \u274c<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B. 100 km\/hr \u2192 100 \u00d7 3 = 300 km \u2705<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>C. 110 km\/hr \u2192 110 \u00d7 3 = 330 km \u274c<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>D. 120 km\/hr \u2192 120 \u00d7 3 = 360 km \u274c<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Only <strong>Option B<\/strong> gives the correct distance of 300 km in 3 hours, proving it is the correct speed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A jeepney runs for 3 hours to cover a 300 km distance. What is its speed? * 1 point A. 90 km\/hr B. 100 km\/hr C. 110 km\/hr D. 120 km\/hr The correct answer and explanation is: Correct Answer: B. 100 km\/hr Explanation: To find the speed of the jeepney, we use the basic formula [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quiz-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23290"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23292,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23290\/revisions\/23292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}