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Which equation can be used to calculate speed?
Which equation can be used to calculate speed?
- s = d x t
- s = d/t (correct)
- s = d + t
- s = d - t
What is the difference between distance and displacement?
What is the difference between distance and displacement?
- Distance is the direct distance of the object’s journey from the starting position to the destination, while displacement is the total length an object travels.
- Distance and displacement are the same thing.
- Distance is the total length an object travels, while displacement is the direct distance of the object’s journey from the starting position to the destination. (correct)
- Distance and displacement are unrelated to each other.
Which type of speed is the average speed of the entire journey?
Which type of speed is the average speed of the entire journey?
- Neither average nor instantaneous speed
- Average speed (correct)
- Instantaneous speed
- Both average and instantaneous speed
What does it mean if a distance-time graph goes past the x-axis?
What does it mean if a distance-time graph goes past the x-axis?
What is the displacement of a journey where the car travels 30 km from 12:00 to 12:30 and then travels back to the origin for 60 km from 12:30 to 14:00?
What is the displacement of a journey where the car travels 30 km from 12:00 to 12:30 and then travels back to the origin for 60 km from 12:30 to 14:00?