Speed and Velocity
Speed and Velocity: Overview
This topic explains concepts such as SI Unit of Speed, Velocity, Speed, Average Speed, etc.
Important Questions on Speed and Velocity

A man standing on a platform long notices that a train travelling at a uniform speed him in and passes by the platform in . Find (i) the length of the train and (ii) the speed of the train.

If a scooterist drives at the rate of, he reaches his destination too late; if he drives at the rate of , he reaches his destination too soon. Then his destination is at a distance of



Three different balls of masses are allowed to roll from rest on three frictionless path respectively from . The height of above the ground is . The respective speeds at bottom are

Four children are standing at the corners of a square of side . They simultaneously start running such that runs towards , runs towards , runs towards and runs towards , each with a velocity . They will meet at after a time,



List the differences between speed and velocity.

What are the differences between spped and velocity of the object?

If work, force and time are represented by ,and respectively then the term

If force, momentum, and displacement are represented by , and respectively then the term will represent:

A long train is moving with a uniform velocity of . The time taken by the train to cross a bridge of length is

A man walks on a straight road from his home to a market away with a speed of . Finding the market closed, he instantly turns and walks back home with a speed of . The average speed of the man over the interval of time o to is equal to

A man walks on a straight road from his home to a market away with a speed of . Finding the market closed, he instantly turns and walks back home with a speed of . The average speed of the man over the interval of time to is equal to

If a car covers of the total distance with speed and distance with then average speed is

If a car covers of the total distance with speed and distance with then average speed is

The displacement (s) of a particle moving along a straight line is related to time t as , where a,b and c are constants. What is the ratio of its initial velocity and initial acceleration?

A car travels half the distance with a constant speed of and the remaining half with a constant speed of . The average speed of the car is:
