a person starts at a position of 2 meters and finishes at a postion of 25 meters. the trip takes 4.5 seconds. what is the person's average velocity? what is the person's average speed?
Physics · High School · Thu Feb 04 2021
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Given:
Initial Position = 2 meters
Final Position = 25 meters
Time = 4.5 seconds
Formula for average velocity:
Vave = Distance/ Time
Solution:
Solve first for the distance based on the final position and the initial position.
Distance = 25 meters - 2 meters
Distance = 23 meters
Substitute the given values of distance and time to the average velocity.
vave = 25 m/4.5 s
vave = 5.56 m/s
Final answer:
Average Velocity = 5.56 m/s