Speed

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Flashcards on Speed, created by Jake Perkins on 26/10/2015.
Jake Perkins
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Speed is a measure... ... of how fast a object is going.
The unit of Speed is... ... meters per second (m/s)
The formula used to calculate it is called... ... the speed distance time formula.
To calculate speed, you would... s = d / t
What tells you the speed on distance-time graph? The gradient of the line
An example of a distance-time graph...
A John walks 10 m in 5 seconds, waits 5 seconds before crossing the road, the road is 12 m wide he walks that in 3 seconds, he walks another 20 m in 8 seconds. What was John's average speed? S= d / t d = 10 + 12 + 20= 42 t = 5 + 5 + 3 + 8= 21 S= 42/21 =2 m/s
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