Question

Determine the velocity of a car traveling 150 meters south for 15 seconds. Show your work.

Answer 1

Given data:

The distance traveled by car is d = 150 m.

The time taken by the car is t = 15 seconds.

Solution:

The velocity of the car is,

$v=\frac{d}{t}$

Substituting the known values,

$\begin{gathered} v=\frac{150}{15} \\ v=10\text{ m/s} \end{gathered}$

Thus, the velocity of the car is 10 meters per second towards the south.