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you calculate average speed by dividing the total distance to the total time.
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How is speed calculate?
Average speed is calculated by dividing the total distance covered divided by the time taken. Instantaneous speed is calculated as the derivative of displacement with respect to time.
What is instantaneoues speed?
Instantaneous speed is the speed at a specific instant. It is calculated as the average speed (defined as distance / time), for very small times.
What is the average speed calculated on tourists itinerary for a 46 seater coach?
The average speed is the total distance covered divided by the total time taken.
What does average speed mean in science?
It means the sum of the measured/calculated speeds divided by the number of speeds that were measured/calculated.
How do you calculate the speed of a rollercoaster?
Average speed may be calculated by dividing the length of the track by the time it takes to complete one circuit.
If you consider the total distance and total time for a trip are you calculating an instantaneous speed or constant speed average speed or non-uniform speed?
If only total distance and total time are considered, the speed calculated (total distance / total time) is the average speed of the entire trip.
If A student measures the speed of a rolling ball three times. She adds the measurements and divides by 3. What quantity did the student calculate?
She obtained the average speed of the three measurements.
Does average speed include the time it takes sitting at a red light?
YESBut ideally, NO.Explanation:Ideally, the calculated average speed should NOTinclude stopped time.But on a device like a GPS, time spent stopped IS included in your average speed,thus lowering it significantly.
Speed and direction of a moving body average velocity can be calculated by dividing displacement by time?
If I understand the question correctly.......... Average speed can be calculated by dividing displacement by time (scalar) but once you refer to direction and "velocity" you are into a different paradigm (vector) and it is not as simple as dividing displacement by time
What The average speed of an object can be calculated by dividing the distance the object travels by the time it takes to move that distance?
True . A+
The average speed of an object can be calculated by dividing the distance the object travels by the time it takes to move that distance.?
true
How is average speed average?
It is calculated as the total distance travelled divided by the total time taken. It is, of course, possible to go very fast for some of the time and then go slowly and cover the same distance. That is where the concept of average speed comes from.
