document.write( "Question 1144196: What’s the average velocity of a bicycler who travels 4567 meters north in 15 minutes \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #765228 by Theo(13342)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! here's a definition from wikipedia.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Velocity is a measure of how fast something moves in a particular direction. To define it needs both magnitude and direction. If an object moves east at 9 meters per second (9m/s), then its velocity is 9 m/s to the east.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "in your problem, the bicycler travels 4567 meters north in 15 minutes. \n" ); document.write( "that would be a velocity of 4567 meters / 15 = 304.466666667 meters per minute. \n" ); document.write( "that would be exactly 304 + 7/15 meters per minute. \n" ); document.write( "15 * (304 + 7/15) = 15 * 304 + 15 * 7/15 = 4560 + 7 = 4567 meters.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "note that velocity and speed are not the same. \n" ); document.write( "speed doesn't depend on the direction of travel. \n" ); document.write( "velocity does.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "here's a fairly decent reference on the difference between speed and velocity.\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "https://www.mathsisfun.com/measure/speed-velocity.html\r \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |