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Speed=Distance/Time

24 bytes added, 07:48, 13 October 2018
Example Calculations
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| style="height:20px; width:200px300px; text-align:center;" |'''A person jogs 300[[metre]]s in 120 [[second]]s. Calculate the speed of the jogger.'''| style="height:20px; width:200px300px; text-align:center;" |'''A racing car travels 500[[metre]]s in 10 [[second]]s. Calculate the speed of the racing car.'''
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: distance = 300[[m]]
: time = 120[[s]]
:<math>Speed = {\tfrac{300}{120}} </math>
:<math>Speed = 2.5m/s </math>
| style="height:20px; width:200px300px; text-align:left;" |
: distance = 500[[m]]
: time = 10[[s]]
:<math>Speed = 50m/s </math>
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| style="height:20px; width:200px300px; text-align:center;" |'''A [[horse]] takes 20 [[minute]]s to trot 2.4 [[kilometre]]s. Calculate the speed of the [[horse]] in [[Metres per second|metres per second]].'''| style="height:20px; width:200px300px; text-align:center;" |'''The International Space Station takes 92 minutes to orbit the Earth once travelling 42,000 [[kilometre]]s. Calculate the speed of the ISS.'''
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: distance = 2.4[[km]] = 2400[[m]]
: time = 20[[min]] = 1200[[s]]
:<math>Speed = {\tfrac{2400}{1200}} </math>
:<math>Speed = 2m/s </math>
| style="height:20px; width:200px300px; text-align:left;" |
: distance = 42,000[[km]] = 42,000,000[[m]]
: time = 20[[min]] = 5400[[s]]