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Solutions to the problems on velocity and speed of moving objects. More tutorials can be found in this
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Problem 1:
Solution to Problem 1:
a)
average speed =
distance
time
7 km + 2 km
2 hours + 1 hour
9 km
3 hours
= 3 km/h
b)
average velocity =
displacement
time
=
7 km + 2 km
2 hours + 1 hour
9 km
3 hours
= 3 km/h
Problem 2:
Solution to Problem 2:
a)
average speed =
distance
time
7 km + 2.5 km
2 hours + 1 hour
9.5 km
3 hours
= 3.2 km/h (approximated to the nearest tenth)
b)
average velocity =
displacement
time
7 km - 2.5 km
2 hours + 1 hour
4.5 km
3 hours
= 1.5 km/h
Problem 3:
You start walking from a point on a circular field of radius 0.5 km and 1 hour later you are at the same
point.
Solution to Problem 3:
a) If you walk around a circular field and come back to the same point, you have covered a distance
equal to the circumference of the circle.
average speed =
distance
time
=
circumference
time
2 * 0.5 * Pi
1 hour
b) If you walk around a circular field and come back to the same point where you started the
displacement, which a change in position, is equal to zero. Since the displacement is equal to zero, the
average velocity is also equal to zero.
Problem 4:
John drove South 120 km at 60 km/h and then East 150 km at 50 km/h. Determine
Solution to Problem 4:
a)
t1 = 120 / 60 = 2 hours
t2 = 150 / 50 = 3 hours
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average speed =
distance
time
120 km + 150 km
2 hours + 3 hours
270 km
5 hours
= 54 km/h
b) The magnitude of the displacement is the distance AC between the final point and the starting point
and is calculated using Pythagora's theorem as follows
average velocity =
displacement
time
=
30 √41 km
2 hours + 3 hour
Problem 5:
If I can walk at an average speed of 5 km/h, how many miles I can walk in two hours?
Solution to Problem 5:
using the rate of conversion 0.62 miles per km, the distance in miles is given by
Problem 6:
A train travels along a straight line at a constant speed of 60 mi/h for a distance d and then another
distance equal to 2d in the same direction at a constant speed of 80 mi/h.
a)What is the average speed of the train for the whole journey?
Solution to Problem 6:
t1 = d / 60
t2 = 2d / 80
average speed =
distance
time
=
d + 2d
d/60 + 2d/80
3d
(80d + 2d*60)/(60*80)
3d
200d/4800
3d*4800
200d
= 72 mi/h
Problem 7:
Solution to Problem 7:
a)
average speed =
distance
time
22 km + 12 km + 14 km
0.5 hour
= 96 km/h
b) The displacement is the distance between the starting point and the final point and is the hypotenuse
DA of the right triangle DAE and is calculated using Pythagora's theorem as follows
AE = 22 - 14 = 8 km
DA = √208 = 4√13 km
c)
average velocity =
displacement
time
4√13 km
0.5 hour
Problem 8: A man walked from point A to F following the route in the grid below in 3250 seconds.
Determine
Solution to Problem 8:
a)
average speed =
distance
time
3250 seconds
6.5 km
3250 seconds
6500 m
3250 seconds
= 2 m/s
b) The magnitude of the displacement is the distance between the starting point A and the final point F
and is the hypotenuse AF of the right triangle AFH and is calculated using Pythagora's theorem as
follows
DA = √25 = 5 km
c)
average velocity =
displacement
time
5 km
3250 s
5000 m
3250 s
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