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Direction: Write speed or velocity before each number if the situation

indicates concept of speed and velocity respectively.


_________ 1. A toy car runs 5 meters in 20 seconds.
_________ 2. A bus moving along a straight highway to North direction covers 120
kilometers in 2 hours.
_________ 3. When Badong went to bookstore he walks 8 meters in 24 seconds.
_________ 4. The train travelled at 22.89 m/s in a straight railway Southbound.
_________ 5. A runner with a speed of 9.42 m/s won the competition.
_________ 6. The basketball player runs 3m/s in the court.
_________ 7. The motorcycle rider explores the area with a quickness of 11 m/s.
_________ 8. A truck carrying a vegetable delivery covers 30 meters in 60 seconds.
_________ 9. Aling Tinay rides a tricycle that travels 6 m/s in going to market.
_________ 10. The swimmer swims 9 meters in 10 seconds.
Rate at which an object changes its position.
Has both magnitude and direction.
62 m/s Northwest
17 kph
Scalar Quantity
Vector Quantity
Has magnitude only.
How fast an object is moving.
Solution: 𝑎=𝛥𝑣⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗𝛥𝑡
𝑎=𝑣𝑓⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗−𝑣𝑖⃗⃗⃗⃗𝑡 = 25𝑚𝑠−20𝑚𝑠30 𝑠 = 0.17 𝑚𝑠2
Find:
Acceleration (𝑎)
Given:
𝒗𝒇⃗⃗⃗⃗⃗= 25 m/s
𝒗𝒊⃗⃗⃗⃗= 20 m/s
t = 30 s
1. An elevator moving 30 m from the first floor to the third floor for 5 minutes.
2. A man walked for half hour and covered 600 meters.
3. A ball dropped 30 m from the rooftop of a building is found on the ground after 3
seconds.
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4. The news reported that the speed of hanging habagat is 20 km/hr.
5. A sprinter finishes a 400-meter race after 2 minutes and 6 second

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