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Speed, Velocity, Acceleration
Speed, Velocity, Acceleration
What is the speed of a rocket that travels 9000 m in 12.12 sec? How long will your trip take (in hrs) if you travel 350 km at an average speed of 80 km/hr?
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A car travels on a straight road for 40 km at 30 km/h. It then continues in the same direction for another 40km at 60km/h. a) What is the average velocity of the car during this 80 km trip? b) What is its average speed?
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A bus travels at the rate of 25 km/hr N for 4 hrs, then at 50 km/hr N for 8 hours, and finally 20 km/hr North for 2 hrs. Find (a) the total distance covered in km and (b) the average velocity for the complete trip in m/s.
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After an impact, a satellites paint chip leaves its cover at a speed of 96 m/s. After 17 sec., how far has the chip landed? A train on a straight track traveled 60.0 km/h for 2.00 h, stopped for 15 min, then traveled 100.0 km at
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133 km/h. a. What was the train's average speed for the whole trip? b. What was the train's average velocity for the whole trip? A meteoroid changed velocity from 1.0 km/s to 1.8 km/s in
0.03 sec. What is the acceleration of the meteoroid? 8.If a car accelerates from 5 m/s to 15 m/s in 2 seconds, what is the car's average acceleration?
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How long does it take to accelerate an object from rest to 10 2 m/s if the acceleration was 2 m/s ? Carl started to run at 10 km/h when he left his house. He arrived at school 30 minutes later. How
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fast was he running when he arrived there? Assume that his average acceleration was 30 2 km/h .