Speed and Velocity

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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

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What do you mean by velocity?

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A man standing on a platform 225 m long notices that a train travelling at a uniform speed him in 6 s and passes by the platform in 21 s. Find (i) the length of the train and (ii) the speed of the train. 

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If a scooterist drives at the rate of 24 kmph, he reaches his destination 5 minutes too late; if he drives at the rate of 30 kmph, he reaches his destination 4 minutes too soon. Then his destination is at a distance of 

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What is speed and time?

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The formula of speed is distance upon time. Why?

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Three different balls of masses m1, m2 and m3 are allowed to roll from rest on three frictionless path OA, OB and OC respectively from O. The height of O above the ground is h. The respective speeds S1, S2 and S3 of m1, m2 and m3 at bottom A, B and C are

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Four children are standing at the corners A, B C and D of a square of side l. They simultaneously start running such that A runs towards B, B runs towards CC runs towards D and D runs towards A, each with a velocity v. They will meet at O after a time,

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The speedometer of an automobile measures

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Which of the following is not a unit of speed?

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List the differences between speed and velocity.

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

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If work, force and time are represented by A,Band C respectively then the term ABCwill present 

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

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A 100 m long train is moving with a uniform velocity of 45 km h-1. The time taken by the train to cross a bridge of length 1 km is

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A man walks on a straight road from his home to a market 2.5 km away with a speed of 5 km h-1. Finding the market closed, he instantly turns and walks back home with a speed of 7.5 km h-1. The average speed of the man over the interval of time o to 40 min is equal to

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A man walks on a straight road from his home to a market 2.5 km away with a speed of 5 km h-1. Finding the market closed, he instantly turns and walks back home with a speed of 7 km h-1. The average speed of the man over the interval of time 0 to 40 min is equal to

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If a car covers 25th of the total distance with v1 speed and 35th distance with v2 then average speed is

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If a car covers 25th of the total distance with v1 speed and 35th distance with v2 then average speed is

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The displacement (s) of a particle moving along a straight line is related to time t as s=at3+bt3+ct, where a,b and c are constants. What is the ratio of its initial velocity and initial acceleration?

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A car travels half the distance with a constant speed of 40 km h-1 and the remaining half with a constant speed of 60 km h-1. The average speed of the car is: