Question

Heather and Matt take 34 minutes to walk eastward along a straight road to a store 2.0km away. What is their average velocity in m/s

Answer 1

Their average velocity is 0.98 m/s east.

Explanation:

The average velocity of an object is defined as the ratio between the displacement and the time taken:

$v=\frac{displacement}{time}$

The displacement is a vector connecting the initial point to the final point of motion: so, being displacement a vector, velocity is a vector as well, having the same direction of displacement.

Here, Heather and Matt walk 2.0 km eastward, so their displacement is

d = 2.0 km = 2000 m (east)

While the time they took is

$t=34 min \cdot 60 = 2040 s$

Therefore, their average velocity is

$v=\frac{2000}{2040}=0.98 m/s$

And the direction is the same as the displacement (east).

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