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    This document discusses velocity vs speed. It defines key terms like average velocity, average speed, and instantaneous velocity. It provides examples of how to calculate these values from position-time graphs and equations of motion. It includes a quiz to test understanding of these concepts.

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    This document discusses velocity vs speed. It defines key terms like average velocity, average speed, and instantaneous velocity. It provides examples of how to calculate these values from position-time graphs and equations of motion. It includes a quiz to test understanding of these concepts.

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    Lesson 4

    How Fast?
    Velocity vs Speed
    Example
    Velocity and Speed

    • Consider the position-time


    graph of two joggers.
    • The slope of a position-
    time graph for an object is
    the object’s average
    velocity, which is
    represented by the
    equation:
    Velocity and Speed

    • The sign of the slope


    tells you what
    direction the object is
    moving.
    Velocity and Speed

    • The slope’s absolute


    value is the object’s
    average speed, which
    is the distance
    traveled divided by
    the time taken to
    travel that distance.
    Velocity and Speed

    • The speed and


    direction of an
    object at a
    particular instant is
    called the
    instantaneous
    velocity.
    Velocity and Speed

    Use with Example Problem 3.


    Problem
    What is the average velocity of the object
    whose motion is represented in this graph?
    What is its average speed?
    Equation of Motion

    • Recall that a straight line can be represented


    by the equation
    y = mx + b
    • Similarly, a straight line on a position-time
    graph can be represented with the equation
    Equation of Motion
    v  12 m/s west

    Use with Example Problem 4.

    Problem
    A car is initially 6.0 m east of the origin. It
    drives west at a speed of 12 m/s. What is its
    position after 1.2 s?

    x ?
    Quiz
    1. How do you find the average speed of an object
    from a position-time graph?

    A Find the slope between C Find the change in the x


    two points on the line. values.

    B Find the absolute value D Find the change in the


    of the slope of the line. y values.
    CORRECT
    Quiz
    2. What is the speed and direction of an object at a
    particular instant of time?

    A average velocity
    B average speed
    C instantaneous velocity CORRECT
    D instantaneous speed
    Quiz
    3. Which is the total distance traveled divided by the
    time taken to travel that distance?

    A instantaneous speed C average speed


    CORRECT

    B instantaneous velocity D average velocity


    Quiz
    4. Heather and
    Juanita are
    traveling
    east. What is
    Heather’s
    average
    speed?

    A 3.0 km/h C 2.8 km/h


    CORRECT

    B 4.8 km/h D 6.0 km/h


    Quiz
    5. In a mathematical representation of a straight line
    on a position-time graph, what quantity is
    represented by the y-intercept?

    A the time taken C the final position

    B the average velocity D the initial position


    CORRECT

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