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| style="height:20px; width:300px; text-align:center;" |'''A [[horse]] takes 20 [[minute]]s to trot 2.4 [[kilometre]]s. Calculate the speed of the [[horse]] in [[Metres per second|metres per second]].'''
| style="height:20px; width:300px; text-align:center;" |'''The International Space Station takes 92 90 [[minute]]s to orbit the Earth once travelling 42,000 [[kilometre]]s. Calculate the speed of the ISS.'''
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distance = 42,000[[km]] = 42,000,000[[m]]
time = 2090[[min]] = 5400[[s]]
<math>Speed = {\frac{distance}{time}} </math>