Speed

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Speed: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Speed, Uniform Motion, Average Speed, Non-uniform Motion, Uniform Speed and, Non-uniform Speed

Important Questions on Speed

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One crocodile says something to its friend 105 km away. How long will it take for the friend to hear him? The speed of sound in water is 1500 ms.

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A bullet is fired in the air at a distance of 588 m from a gun. The sound of the gun is heard after 6 seconds. What is the speed of sound?

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A bus started at 7:30 a.m with the speed of 50 km/h. After one and half hour another bus started from the same point and on the same route at the speed of  60 km/h. At what distance from the starting point will both the buses meet?

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The average speed of a car that covers a distance of 150 km in 3 h is 

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Which of these cannot be a unit of speed?

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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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The longer a body takes to change its position, the faster is its speed.

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The given table shows the speed of a car and the time it took to cover a distance. What is the value of X

Speed (in km/h) 45   100 
Time in minutes 120   X

 

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A car starts from Pune and covers a distance of 50 km in two hours. Then the speed of car, slowed down, it covered a distance of 160 km in four hours. Find the average speed of a car. 

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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 do you mean by average speed?

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What is the speed of an ant that covers a distance of 100 cm in 50 s?

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Given the distance travelled and time taken, which formula will you use to calculate speed?

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What is speed?

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What is the basic unit of speed?

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How can you decide if an object is moving slower or faster than another?

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Approximately what speed can be attained by rockets used to launch satellites?

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The distance covered by an object in unit time is known as its _____

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The distance covered by an object in unit time is known as its _____

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Object A covers the same distance as object B in half the time. What is the speed of A in relation to B?