In the 2000 summer olympics, the united states relay team ran the 1,600-meter relay in 2 minutes, 56.35 seconds. to the nearest hundredth, what was the speed for the relay race in meters per second?

The formula to find speed is distance divided by time or s = d / t. With this in mind, let's plug in some numbers into the equation.

Since they're asking for meters per second, multiply 60 seconds by 2 minutes:

60 * 2 = 120

Now add that to 56.35 (the amount of seconds we already know):

120 + 56.35 = 176.35

So, now that we know how many seconds they ran in total, divide the distance (1600) by the time (176.35):

1600/176.35 = 9.072866...

Round 9.072866... to the nearest hundredth, which is 9.07. And there's you're answer! They ran about 9.07 meters per second :)