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    Speed is calculated by dividing the distance an object travels by the time it takes to travel that distance. Average speed takes into account changing speeds over a journey by dividing the total distance by the total time. Velocity includes both speed and direction of motion. The slope of a distance-time graph represents an object's speed, with a steeper slope indicating a greater speed.

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    Speed is calculated by dividing the distance an object travels by the time it takes to travel that distance. Average speed takes into account changing speeds over a journey by dividing the total distance by the total time. Velocity includes both speed and direction of motion. The slope of a distance-time graph represents an object's speed, with a steeper slope indicating a greater speed.

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    Speed is calculated by dividing the distance an object travels by the time it takes to travel that distance. Average speed takes into account changing speeds over a journey by dividing the total distance by the total time. Velocity includes both speed and direction of motion. The slope of a distance-time graph represents an object's speed, with a steeper slope indicating a greater speed.

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    Speed and Velocity

    Calculating Speed
    • The speed of an object is the distance an
    object moves per unit of time.
    • Speed is a “rate”
    • A rate tells you the amount something
    changes in a unit of time. Like a car going 60
    mph.
    Calculating Speed
    • To calculate speed, divide the distance the
    object travels by the amount of time it takes
    to travel that distance.
    Apply It!
    • The cyclist is moving at 10 m/s
    • How far will she travel after 1, 2, 3, 3.5 and 4
    seconds?
    • How long will it take her to travel 400 meters?
    Average Speed
    • When a plane is cruising it can travel at a constant
    speed for many hours. But the speed of most
    moving objects is not constant.
    • Speeds change throughout a journey. They start off
    at zero, accelerate to a given speed, hold that speed
    for a designated time then eventually slow down
    again.
    Average Speed
    • To calculate average speed, divide the total
    distance by the total time.
    Average Speed
    • Triathletes change their method of travel during a race.
    They swim, bike and run different distances.
    • If a Triathlete swims 3 Km in 1 hour, bikes 50 Km in 3
    hours, and runs 12 Km in 1 hour, What is the average
    speed of the triathlete?
    Total distance = 3 km + 50 km + 12 km = 65 km
    Total Time = 1 h + 3 h + 1 h = 5 h
    65 km/5 h = 13 km/h
    Instantaneous Speed
    • Instantaneous Speed is the speed an object is
    moving at a given instant in time.
    • Suppose triathlete B passes triathlete A during the
    bike leg of the race. triathlete B has a greater
    instantaneous speed than triathlete A.
    • The athlete with the greatest average speed, not
    the instantaneous speed, wins the race.
    3.0 km/0.8 h = 3.75 km/h

    3.0 km/1.0 h = 3.0 km/h 30 km + 50 km + 12 km = 65 km

    0.8 h + 3.0 h + 1.2 h = 5.0 h

    65 km/5.0 h = 13 km/h

    1.0 h + 2.5 h + 1.0 h = 4.5 h

    50.0 km/3.0 h = 16.7 km/h 65 km/4.5 h = 14.4 km/h

    Triathlete B

    50.0 km/2.5 h = 20 km/h


    Velocity
    To describe an objects
    motion, you also need
    to know its direction.
    If a storm is moving at
    25 km/h, should you
    prepare for the storm
    to hit you?
    It depends on the
    direction the storm is
    moving.
    Velocity

    • When you know both the speed and the


    direction of an objects motion, you know the
    velocity of the object.
    Graphing Motion
    • You can show the motion of
    an object on a line graph by
    plotting distance vs. time.
    • Time is on the x-axis
    • Distance is on the y-axis
    • A point on the line represents
    the distance the object has
    traveled during a particular
    time.
    Calculating the Slope
    • You can calculate the slope of a line by
    dividing rise by the run. The rise is the vertical
    difference, the run is the horizontal difference
    between the same two points.
    Slope
    • The steepness of the line is its slope. The
    slope tells you how fast one variable changes
    in relation to the other variable in the graph.
    • Or, it tells you the rate of change.
    Slope
    • Since speed is the rate that distance changes over
    time, the slope of a distance-verses-time graph
    represents speed.
    • The steeper the slope the greater the speed.
    • A constant slope represents motion at a constant
    speed.
    Slope

    0m
    1 min
    0 m/min Rise
    Run

    200 m
    150 m 1 min
    Rise
    1 min 200 m/min
    Run
    150 m/min
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