Sample Problem Speed N Velocity

Solutions to the problems on velocity and speed of moving
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Problem 1:
A man walks 7 km in 2 hours and 2 km in 1 hour in the same
direction.
a) What is the man's average speed for the whole journey?
b) What is the man's average velocity for the whole journey?
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:
A man walks 7 km East in 2 hours and then 2.5 km West in 1
hour.
a) What is the man's average speed for the whole journey?
b) What is the man's average velocity for the whole journey?
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.
a) What is your average speed for the whole journey?
b) What is your average velocity for the whole journey?
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
= Pi km/h = 3.14 km/h (approximated)
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
a) the average speed for the whole journey?
b) the magnitude of the average velocity for the whole journey?
a)
The time t1 to cover 120 km at a speed of 60 km/h is given by
t1 = 120 / 60 = 2 hours
The time t2 to cover 150 km at a speed of 50 km/h is given by

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
AC2 = 1202 + 1502 AC = √(14400+22500) = 30 √41 km
average velocity =
displacement
time
30 √41 km
2 hours + 3 hour
= 38.4 km/h (approximated)
Problem 5:
If I can walk at an average speed of 5 km/h, how many miles I
can walk in two hours?
distance = (average speed) * (time) = 5 km/h * 2 hours = 10 km
using the rate of conversion 0.62 miles per km, the distance in
miles is given by
distance = 10 km * 0.62 miles/km = 6.2 miles
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?
a) The time t1 to cover distance d at a speed of 60 mi/h is
given by
t1 = d / 60
The time t2 to cover distance 2d at a speed of 80 mi/h is given
by
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:
A car travels 22 km south, 12 km west, and 14 km north in half
an hour.
a) What is the average speed of the car?
b) What is the final displacement of the car?
c) What is the average velocity of the car?
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
DA2 = AE2 + ED2 = 82 + 122 = 64 + 144 = 208
DA = √208 = 4√13 km
c)
average velocity =
displacement
time
4√13 km
0.5 hour
= 28.8 km/h (approximated)
Problem 8: A man walked from point A to F following the route
in the grid below in 3250 seconds. Determine

a) the average speed, in m/s, for the whole journey.
b) the magnitude of the displacement.
c) the magnitude of the average velocity, in m/s, for the whole
journey.
a)
average speed =
distance
time
3 km + 1 km + 1.5 km + 0.5 km + 0.5 km
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
AF2 = FH2 + HA2 = 32 + 42 = 9 + 16 = 25
DA = √25 = 5 km
c)
average velocity =
displacement
time
5 km
3250 s
5000 m
3250 s
= 1.5 m/s (approximated)

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Solutions to the problems on velocity and speed of moving

objects. More tutorials can be found in this website.

A man walks 7 km in 2 hours and 2 km in 1 hour in the same

a) What is the man's average speed for the whole journey?

b) What is the man's average velocity for the whole journey?

A man walks 7 km East in 2 hours and then 2.5 km West in 1

a) What is the man's average speed for the whole journey?

b) What is the man's average velocity for the whole journey?

= 3.2 km/h (approximated to the nearest tenth)

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.

a) What is your average speed for the whole journey?

b) What is your average velocity for the whole journey?

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.

= Pi km/h = 3.14 km/h (approximated)

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.

John drove South 120 km at 60 km/h and then East 150 km at

a) the average speed for the whole journey?

b) the magnitude of the average velocity for the whole journey?

The time t1 to cover 120 km at a speed of 60 km/h is given by

The time t2 to cover 150 km at a speed of 50 km/h is given by

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b) The magnitude of the displacement is the distance AC

using Pythagora's theorem as follows

AC2 = 1202 + 1502 AC = √(14400+22500) = 30 √41 km

= 38.4 km/h (approximated)

If I can walk at an average speed of 5 km/h, how many miles I

can walk in two hours?

distance = (average speed) * (time) = 5 km/h * 2 hours = 10 km

distance = 10 km * 0.62 miles/km = 6.2 miles

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) The time t1 to cover distance d at a speed of 60 mi/h is

The time t2 to cover distance 2d at a speed of 80 mi/h is given

A car travels 22 km south, 12 km west, and 14 km north in half

a) What is the average speed of the car?

b) What is the final displacement of the car?

c) What is the average velocity of the car?

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

= 28.8 km/h (approximated)

Problem 8: A man walked from point A to F following the route

in the grid below in 3250 seconds. Determine

b) the magnitude of the displacement.

c) the magnitude of the average velocity, in m/s, for the whole

3 km + 1 km + 1.5 km + 0.5 km + 0.5 km

b) The magnitude of the displacement is the distance between

AF of the right triangle AFH and is calculated using Pythagora's

AF2 = FH2 + HA2 = 32 + 42 = 9 + 16 = 25