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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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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The sound from the volcano was heard 4780 km away. If the speed of sound is 330 m s-1, how long would it have taken the sound to travel this distance?

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The Voyager space probes carry a Golden Record, which has pictures and sounds from Earth on it. The record is intended for any life-form that finds it in the future. In 2010, the Voyager 1 probe was 17 billion km from the Sun and in 2018 it was 21 billion km from the Sun. How fast is the Voyager 1 probe traveling?

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If an object travels unequal distances at equal intervals of time, then the object is said to be in uniform motion.

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City Pollution levels (PM2.5 concentration in μg/m3) Amount of cycling before it becomes harmful (minutes per day)
Johannesburg 41 480
Cairo 117 60
Delhi 143 40
Beijing 73 150

The average cycling speed is 15 km/h. Calculate how far you would be able to cycle in each city before it becomes harmful.

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A cyclist travels at 12 km/h for 5 km and then he turns around and cycle back 1 km. The whole journey takes 30 minutes. What was the cyclist's average speed?

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If a cyclist travels at an average speed of 15 km/h, how far can she go in 20 minutes?

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A car covers a distance of 360  kilometer in 6  hours, what will be its average speed in kilometer per hour and meter per second?

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S.I. unit of speed is-

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Which of the following has only magnitude but no direction?

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Suppose we were to draw a graph of acceleration on the Y axis and time on the X axis and the graph would be a straight line making an angle of 45 degrees with the X axis. Suppose we were to calculate the area under this curve, it would have the dimensions of______.

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Define average speed.

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A cyclist covers 1425 km in 214 hours. What is the speed of the cyclist?