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1). Read the speedometer in the dash.
2). Look out the window and note the direction in which you're headed.
Those two pieces of information ... the car's speed and direction ... make up its velocity.
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What is the net force acting if your professor's car is traveling west with a constant velocity of 55 mi-hr west on a straight highway?
If the velocity of the object is constant, then the net force on it is zero.(Incidentally, if the velocity of the car is constant and not zero, then it must be ona straight highway. If the highway curved and the car's velocity didn't change, thenit would run off of the road.)
How do you find displacement when you only have acceleration initial velocity and final velocity?
Kinematics. Final velocity squared = initial velocity squared + 2(gravitational acceleration)(displacement)
Is constant speed current velocity?
No, it is not. Basically speed is a scalar whereas velocity is a vector.A car going round a circular track at constant speed has a velocity which is changing at every moment.
How do you find distance with uniform velocity time final velocity and initial velocity?
If the velocity is uniform, then the final velocity and the initial velocity are the same. Perhaps you meant to say uniform acceleration. In any event, the question needs to be stated more precisely.
Can an object have a constant speed and a varying velocity?
Yes. Velocity is a quantity that has both magnitude and direction. Speed is the magnitude of velocity. If speed is constant but the direction is changing, then the velocity is changing. An example is a car turning a corner without slowing down.
How do find use the uniform acceleration that cause a car's velocity to change?
(final velocity-starting velocity) divided by the time taken for the change in velocity to take place.
How do you find the velocity form the speed of a car?
Velocity means speed and direction. So if you know the speed, all you need to add is the direction of motion and you will have the velocity.
What do you need to know to find and object's velocity?
Velocity means speed and direction. For example you could say that a car's velocity was 60 miles per hour northwards.
If a car is traveling at a constant speed but is going around a curve what can you say about the cars motion?
The velocity of the car in this case is changing (to specify velocity, you indicate a speed and a direction), therefore the car is accelerating.The velocity of the car in this case is changing (to specify velocity, you indicate a speed and a direction), therefore the car is accelerating.The velocity of the car in this case is changing (to specify velocity, you indicate a speed and a direction), therefore the car is accelerating.The velocity of the car in this case is changing (to specify velocity, you indicate a speed and a direction), therefore the car is accelerating.
What is the difference between constant velocity and average velocity?
The average velocity is trying to find how fast the car is going at an average rate. However, constant velocity means that the car is going at an unchanged velocity. Say a car is going at 75 m/s and then changes to 50 m/s and then changes to 25 m/s in 30 minutes. The car is going at different velocities at different times. To find the average, you simply just add the 3 together, then divide by 3 giving you, 50 m/s In the 30 minutes, it's average velocity was 50 m/s However, for a car going at a constant velocity, it means that the velocity never changes. Say a car is going at a constant velocity for 30 minutes at 50 m/s. In those 30 minutes, the car will never change it's velocity and remain at 50 m/s. Constant means that it doesn't change.
How would you find the acceleration of a car going down a ramp.?
You would need to measure the car's velocity at the top and at the bottom, and the time it took to go down the ramp. Acceleration = change of velocity/time.
Explain the circumstances when the acceleration and the velocity of car are parallel?
when velocity of a car is increasing then velocity and acceleration are parallel to each other.
The distance traveled by a car depends on the velocity of the car?
Distance(velocity), or D(v)
What happens when you decrease the velocity of a car?
as you decrease the velocity of a car, you decrease the kinetic energy.
A car travels 180 miles west in 3 hours what is the velocity of the car?
The velocity of the car is 32 mph
Why is it that their is an acceleration when a car is moving?
There is only acceleration if the car's velocity changes. If it moves at a constant velocity, then there is no acceleration.
Does a car has speedometer velocity are both?
A car has a speedometer. When you read the speed that it indicates, and you know the direction in which you're driving, then you know the car's velocity.
