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Riaz takes 20 minutes to travel to his school with a speed of 3m/s. How far is the school?
(A) 2km
(B) 3.2km
(C) 3.6km
(D) 4.1km

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Hint: In this question, we have been given the speed of the boy, and the time he takes to reach the school. The given speed in the question is constant, so we can used the basic formula of speed to find out the required distance of the school from his home

Formula used:
v=dt, here v is the speed of a particle, d is the distance covered by the particle, and t is the time taken to cover this distance.

Complete step by step solution:
We know that the speed is defined as the distance covered by a particle per unit time. So it is given by
v=dt …………………..(1)
According to the question, the boy takes 20min to travel to his school with a speed of 3m/s. So this means that we have
v=3m/s, ………………...(2)
t=20min
We know that 1min=60s, so we have
t=20×60s=1200s ………………...(3)
Substituting (2) and (3) in (1) we get
3=d1200
By cross multiplication, we get
d=3×1200m
d=3600m
So the distance of the boy’s home to his school is equal to 3600m.
But the options are given in kilometers. So we have to convert this distance in kilometers.
We know that 1m=11000km. So the distance is
d=36001000km
d=3.6km
Thus, the school is 3.6km far.

Hence, the correct answer is option (C).

Note: Although there is nothing directly mentioned related to the acceleration of the boy, but then also we have taken it to be zero. In the question, it is given that the boy is travelling to his school with a speed of 3m/s. So this clearly means that his speed must be constant during his whole journey from his home to his school.