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Chap: Speed, Distance and Time

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Units and conversion:

➢ 1mile = 1.6km
➢ 1km = 1000m = 100,000cm = 1000,000mm
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➢ 1m = 100cm = 1000mm = (1000 𝑘𝑚 = 10−3 𝑘𝑚)
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➢ 1cm = 10mm = (100 𝑚 = 10−2 𝑚) = (100000 𝑘𝑚 = 10−5 𝑘𝑚)
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➢ 1mm = (10 𝑐𝑚 = 10−1 𝑐𝑚) = (1000 𝑚 = 10−3 𝑚 = (1000000 𝑘𝑚 = 10−6 𝑘𝑚
𝑥×1000 𝑥×1000
➢ 𝑥𝑘𝑚ℎ−1 = 60
𝑚𝑚𝑖𝑛−1 = 360
𝑚𝑠 −1
𝑥×10−5 𝑥×10−5
➢ 𝑥𝑘𝑚ℎ−1 = 60
𝑐𝑚/𝑚𝑖𝑛 = 360 𝑐𝑚𝑠 −1
𝑥×10−6 𝑥×10−6
➢ 𝑥𝑘𝑚ℎ−1 = 60
𝑚𝑚/𝑚𝑖𝑛 = 360 𝑚𝑚/𝑠

Speed:
➢ Speed: The rate of change of distance with respect to change of time is called speed.
𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
➢ 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 = ; 𝐴𝑣𝑔. 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑 =
𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛
𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒
➢ In case of a constant distance, 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 = 𝑚𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑛 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑒𝑑

Example: 1
Change the units of the following speeds as indicated;
(a) 72 km/h into m/s (b) 108 km/h into m/s (c) 30 m/s into km/h (d) 22 m/s into km/h (e) 9000cm/s into m/s
(f) 1324 cm/s into m/s (g) 600 miles/day into miles/hr. (g) 2592 miles/day into miles per second.
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Example: 2
Find the speed of the bodies which moves as follows:
(a) a distance of 600 km in 8hrs. (answer in km/h)
(b) a distance of 31.64 km in 7 hrs. (answer in km/h)
(c) a distance of 300 km in 2hrs. (answer in m/s)
(d) a distance of 4 × 104 m in 10−2secs. (answer in m/s)
(e) a distance of 108 mm in 30 minutes. (answer in km/h)
(f) a distance of 500m in 10mins. (answer in km/h
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Example: 3
(i) Find the time taken for the following journey:
(a) 100km at a speed of 40 km/h. (in minutes)
(b) 250 miles at a speed of 80 miles/h. (in hours)
(c) 15metres at a speed of 20cm/s. (in minutes)
(d) 104 metres at a speed of 2.5km/h. (in minutes)
(ii) Find the distance travelled (in metres) of the followings;
(a) at a speed of 55km/h for 2hrs.
(b) at a speed of 8 × 105 𝑐𝑚/𝑠 for 2mins.
(c) at a speed of 4 × 103 𝑚/𝑠 in 10−2 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑠.
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Example: 3
(i) A car travels 60km at 30km/h. and then further 180km at 160km/h. Find the total time taken and the average
speed of the whole journey.
(ii) A swallow flies at a speed of 50km/h for 3hours and then at a speed of 40kmm/h for a further 2hours. Find
the average speed of the whole journey.
(iii) The airliner Concord flies 2000km at a speed of 1600km/h and return due to bad weather at a speed of
1000km/h. Find the average speed for the whole trip.
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Example: 4
(i) Sebastian Coe ran two laps around a 40metres track. He completed the first lap in 50secs and then decreased
his speed by 5% for the second lap. Find;
(a) His speed on the first lap
(b) His speed on the second lap
(c) His total time for the two laps
(d) His average speed for the two laps.
(ii) A train travels from A to B, a distance of 100km at a speed of 20km/h. if it had gone two and a half times as
fast, how much earlier would it have arrived at B?
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Example: 5
(i) Two men running towards each other at 4m/s and 6m/s are one kilometer apart. How long will it take before
they meet?
(ii) A car travelling 90km/h is 500m behind another car travelling at 70km/h in the same direction. How long will
it take the first car to catch the second car?
(iii) How long is a train which passes a signal in 20secs at a speed of 108km/h?
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Example: 6
(i) A train of length 180m approaches a tunnel of length 620m. how long will it take the train to pass completely
through the tunnel at a speed of 54km/h?
(ii) An earthworm of 15cm is crawling along at 2cm/s. An ant overtakes the worm in 5 seconds. How fast is the
ant walking?
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Example: 7
(i) A train of length 100m is moving at a speed of 50km/h. a horse is running alongside the train at a speed of
56km/h. How long will it take the horse to overtake the train?
(ii) A car completes a journey at an average speed of 40m.p.h. At what speed must it travel on the return journey
if the average speed for the complete journey (out and back) is 60m.p.h.?
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Example: 8
(i) Neil walks 3km in 40mins. Calculate his average speed in km/h. [p1]
(ii) The earth travels around the Sun at a speed of 30kilomtre per second. Given that a year is 365days, calculate
the distance, in km travelled by the earth around the Sun in one year. Give your answer to 3s.f. [p1]
(iii) In order to complete a journey of 56km John walks for 1hr at an average speed of 𝑣𝑘𝑚/ℎ and then cycles for
two hours at an average speed which is three times his walking speed. Calculate;
(a) 𝑣 (b) the average speed, in km/h, for the whole journey. [p1]
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Example: 9
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(i) A car travels 96km in 1 2hrs. and then travels at an average speed 72km/h for a further 3 2 ℎ𝑟𝑠. Calculate;
(a) the avg. speed, in km/h, for the first 1.5hrs.
(b) the avg. speed, in km/h, for the whole journey.
[p1]
(ii) A train left Stenworth at 13 20 to travel the 50 km to Beedtown. The train travelled at an avg. speed of
40km/h. calculate the time at which the train arrived at Beedtown. [p1]
(iii) A cycle wheel of diameter 50cm makes 360 revolutions in each minute. Calculate the distance in km to 3
significant figures, travelled in one hours [p1]
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Example: 10
Simone travelled 205km by train from Lisbon to Coimbra. She left Lisbon at 09 30 and arrived in Coimbra at 12 00.
(a) Calculate the avg. speed, in km/h, for his journey.
Simone then caught a train to Oporto. The train left Coimbra at 13 20 and travelled at an avg. speed of 75km/h. The
distance between Coimbra and Oporto is 125km.
(b) Calculate the time at which Simone arrived in Oporto.
The following day Simone flew by plane from Oporto to Lisbon at an avg. speed of 456km/h. the total flying time was
40mins.
(c) Calculate the distance, in km, that Simone travelled by train.
[p2]
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