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Chapter 2 : Forces and Motion

2.1 Linear Motion
Distance and Displacement:
Distance is a SCALAR QUANTITY which has _____________ and NO _______________.
Displacement is a VECTOR QUANTITY which has _______________ and _________________.
Questions:

1) What is the displacement covered by a toy car if it travels 4 m north and then 3 m east?

2) An equilateral triangle has sides of 6 m. Find its area.

3) A man rides his bicycle due east at 16 km/h. His son rides his bicycle due south at 20 km/h. If they
both leave point A at the same time, how far apart are they after 4 hours?
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Speed and Velocity
Speed is defined as the distance travelled in a certain interval of time. Speed can also be defined as the
rate of change of distance travelled with time.

Formula:

Question :
1) If a car travels 400m in 20 seconds how 3) A plane travels 395,000 meters in 9000
fast is it going? seconds. What was is the speed?
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8) It takes Serina 0.25 hours to drive to school. Her route is 16 km long. What is Serinas average speed
on her drive to school?
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12) Velocity is a distance travelled in a specified direction, in a given time interval. Velocity can be
defined as the rate of change of displacement with time.
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15) Question:
1) A car travels at uniform velocity a distance of 100 m in 4 seconds. What is the velocity of the car?
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2) The world record for the men's marathon is 2:03:38. If the distance is 42.195 km, what is the average
velocity during the run?