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A student drove to the university from her home and noted that the odometer reading of her car increased by 12km . The trip took 18min.

(a) What was her average speed?

(b) If the straight-line distance from her home to the university is10.3km in a direction25.0 south of east, what was her average velocity?

(c) If she returned home by the same path7h30min after she left, what were her average speed and velocity for the entire trip?

Short Answer

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  1. 40鈥塳尘/丑
  2. 34.33鈥塳尘/丑
  3. 3.2鈥塳尘/丑and0

Step by step solution

01

Given Data

  • Distance D=12km.
  • Time = 18min=18/60鈥塰=0.3鈥塰辞耻谤
02

Average Speed of the girl

a)

The average speed of the girl is the ratio of the distance covered to that of the time period.

In this case, the formula is :

础惫别谤补驳别鈥塖辫别别诲=DistanceTime

Substituting the values in the above expression, we get:

s=12鈥塳尘0.3鈥塰=40鈥塳尘/丑

Hence the average speed when she goes to school is 40km/hr.

03

Average Velocity of the girl

b)

The displacement to that of the time taken to cover that displacement is called the time period.

The displacement is the shortest length between the initial and final positions.

The shortest distance from her school to her house is given in the question as 10.3km.

Hence the displacement of the girl will be 10.3km.

AverageVelocity=DisplacementTime

Substituting the values in the above expression, we get:

v=10.3鈥塳尘0.3鈥塰=34.33鈥塳尘/丑

The average velocity of the girl will be 34.33km/h.

04

Average velocity and speed of the girl for time 7 h 30 min

c)

The total time is taken to cover the distance is7h30min.

Hence it will be7.5h.

The girl is traveling a total of12kmfrom home to school and coming back12kmfrom school to home.

Hence the total distance traveled =12鈥塳尘+12鈥塳尘=24鈥塳尘.

Average speed can be calculated as:

AverageSpeed=DistanceTime

Substituting the values in the above expression, we get:

s=24鈥塳尘7.5鈥塰=3.2鈥塳尘/丑

Hencethe speed of the girl going to school and then returning is 3.2鈥塳尘/丑.

Here as the initial and the final position of the girl is her house, the minimum or shortest distance between the initial and final position will be zero.

Hence the displacement will be zero.

Therefore, the average velocity of the body will be zero

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