Velocity
Part of the Mechanics section of Coddy's Physics journey. Lesson 27 of 97.
Average velocity is the displacement divided by the time:
Its sign gives the direction. Speed is its size, without the sign.
On an x-t graph the velocity is the slope. A flat line means at rest; a line sloping down means a negative velocity.
The slope is / = / = .
Challenge
A bus drives along a straight road from to with an average velocity of . Find how long the trip takes: the time .
Try it yourself
Solve for
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