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The document contains 10 problems involving calculating average speed and average velocity from given distances, times, and rates of travel. It includes examples of calculating speed and velocity for dolphins swimming, people running, jeepneys traveling, cars driving, ferry boats moving, and football players running routes. The final question asks whether average speed or average velocity would have a greater magnitude for an object changing direction, and explains that average speed would be greater since average velocity accounts for direction changes.

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1 5 5 1-Speed-and-Velocity

The document contains 10 problems involving calculating average speed and average velocity from given distances, times, and rates of travel. It includes examples of calculating speed and velocity for dolphins swimming, people running, jeepneys traveling, cars driving, ferry boats moving, and football players running routes. The final question asks whether average speed or average velocity would have a greater magnitude for an object changing direction, and explains that average speed would be greater since average velocity accounts for direction changes.

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1.) A dolphin swims at a speed of 1.8 km/h.

How far has the dolphin


travelled after 5 hours?
d ¿s ⋅ t
¿ 1.8 km × 5 hrs
¿ 9 km

2.) How long will it take Michael to run a 100 m distance, if his speed is 7
m/s?
d
t¿s
100m
¿
7 m/ s
¿ 14.29 seconds

3.) Tina was asked by her mother to buy milk in a sari-sari store. Her road
map was given as follows: 10 m East, 20 m North, and 10 m West. What
is her average speed in m/s, if it took her 8 minutes to reach the store?
What is her average velocity?

20m North + 10m East + 10m West = 40m


8 minutes ×60 seconds = 480s
Δd
vav ¿ Δt
40 m
¿
480 s
¿ 0.08 m/s

20 N
av = 480 s
= 0.042

4.) 4. John and Michael took a 10-minute walk along a straight road to a
barber shop 500 meters away. What is their average speed?
Δd
vav ¿ Δt
500 m
¿
10min
¿ 50m/min

5.) In a fun run, Cherry is running at a speed of about 5m/s. How many
minutes will it take her to travel a distance of 1 km?
d
t¿s
1 km
¿
5 m/ s
¿ 3.33 minutes

6.) A jeepney is travelling at a speed of 20 km/h along a straight highway.


How far did it travel after 0.5 h?
d ¿ s ⋅t
20 km/ h
¿
0.5 h
¿ 10 km

7.) Karen drives her car going to work. At the start of the trip, the initial
reading on the odometer is 3 510 km. Upon arriving at her workplace, the
odometer reads 3 600 km. The trip took her 1.5 h. What is the car's
average speed in km/h?
Δd
vav ¿ Δt
90 km
= 3600km – 3510km = 1.5 h
= 60km/h

8.) Carlos and her friend Mia travelled 40 km from Manila to Laguna to buy
plants for their garden at school. After buying, they drove straight to
Manila. What is the average velocity, if the round trip took them 3 hours?
40km ×2=80 km
Δx
av ¿
t
80 km
= 3 hrs

= 26.67km/h or 27km/h
9.) The ferry boat travelling along Pasig River has an average speed of 12
km/h. How long will a passenger reach her destination, if it is 5 km away
from the station?
d
t¿s
5 km
¿
12km/h
¿ 2.4 h

10.) 10. Philip, a football player runs a pass route that takes a right-angle
bend as shown in the diagram below. Which do you think will have the
greater magnitude; the average speed or the average velocity? Why?
- I think average speed will have the greater magnitude because if an
object changes in its journey, then the average speed will be greater
than the magnitude of average velocity.

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