Question

The position vs time graph below shows the motion of a bee flying in a field over a period of 16.0 s. What is the velocity of the bee between 4.00 s and 8.00 s?

Answer 1

Answer:

v = 2 m/s.

Explanation:

From the given graph, it is clear that the position is bee is 8 m between 4 s to 6 s. It would mean that its displacement is equal to 0 because final position is equal to initial position.

Between 6 s to 8 s, its velocity is decreasing and it is calculated using slope. The slope of position time graph gives velocity of an object.

$\text{slope}=v=\dfrac{8-4}{8-6}\\\\v=\dfrac{4\ m}{2\ s}\\\\v=2\ m/s$

So, the velocity of the bee between 4 s to 8 s is 2 m/s.