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20 lut 2022 · Explain the relationships between instantaneous velocity, average velocity, instantaneous speed, average speed, displacement, and time. Calculate velocity and speed given initial position, initial time, final position, and final time.
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Speed, distance, and time problems ask to solve for one of the three variables given certain information. In these problems, objects are moving at either constant speeds or average speeds. Most problems will give values for two variables and ask for the third.
Before we can apply the concepts of distance, speed, and time to the Universe, we must understand the specific meaning of each and examine how they are related. Distance can be defined as how far apart two objects are in space.
Speed can be defined as “how fast something moves” or it can be explained more scientifically as “the distance covered in a unit of time”. In daily life we use the first definition and say the faster object has higher speed. Speed does not show us the direction of the motion it just gives the magnitude of what distance taken in a given time.
By the end of this section, you will be able to: Explain the relationships between instantaneous velocity, average velocity, instantaneous speed, average speed, displacement, and time. Calculate velocity and speed given initial position, initial time, final position, and final time.
In physics, the definition of time is simple— time is change, or the interval over which change occurs. It is impossible to know that time has passed unless something changes. The amount of time or change is calibrated by comparison with a standard. The SI unit for time is the second, abbreviated s.
The time is the distance over which the lights were on divided by the speed. Within the past few years, just such a technique was used to measure the lifetime of the $\pi^0$-meson.
