Good morning, classmates!

I am Kim Burgos, the first reporter for today. I will help you to
understand the process of knowing speed, distance, and time but
now, let us start with speed.

Before we proceed, ask your classmates on your left, what is

time for you?

Time is used to compare and measure the speed at which things

move. If you look at the watch, you may notice that 60 minutes is
equivalent to 1 hour. We usually use a stopwatch to determine
the measured time in minutes, seconds, and fractions of
seconds.

Now, let’s explore time and distance. Let us know how to use
them to determine the speed of an object.

Speed describes on how fast an object moves. Kindly look at

this picture. Which one is faster?

I am sure that eagle moves faster than a galloping horse but how
do we determine it?

To find speed, you must measure two quantities: Distance

traveled by an object and the time it takes to travel that distance.

The SI Unit for speed is meters per second (m/s). The slash
symbol is read as “per” and means “divided by”. Sometimes, we
can also use the unit kilometer per hour (km/h) or miles per hour
(mi/h).
Remember, you can find the speed of an object by dividing the
distance it traveled by the time it took to travel that distance.

Here’s the formula:

Speed = distance/ time
S = d/t

Let us try it!

Suppose a wheelchair racer finishes a 132 m race in 18s. By
inserting the time and distance measurements in the formula, you
can calculate the racer’s average speed.

The first thing to do is to find the given which is distance and

time.

In the problem here, distance is 132 m and time is 18s.

Then now, we substitute it on our formula.

Speed = distance/ time

Speed = 132 m/18s
Speed = 7.3 m/s

So what is our speed? That’s right, 7.3 m/s!

For the continuation of this topic, Mr. Andrew will discuss it for us.