The equation is:
Distance = Rate X Time
To simplify, if we are given the rate at which someone is traveling and the time it takes to travel, we can then calculate the total distance traveled.
Consider the following. A car travels at 60mph and drives for 2 hours. We need to calculate the distance the car traveled.
Distance = Rate X Time
Distance = 60mph X 2 hours
Distance = 120 miles
If the speed is constant, then the distance is simply the speed multiplied by the time taken for the journey. This relationship is the distance/time = speed, or d/t = s.
If the speed was constant, then the distance travelled is given by the integral.
In both cases, the distance the area under the speed by time graph
If you know the distance traveled in a certain time you can calculate the speed.
Distance traveled/time = speed.
ex.
100 miles traveled in 10 hours
100/10 = 10 miles per hour
Average Velocity!
No. The total distance traveled divided by constant speed is the time interval.
False. Instantaneous speed is distance travelled divided by time, for a very short time interval. (Technically, you take the limit, when the time interval approaches zero.)
Speed
To find the average speed you must know the total distance traveled and the total elapsed. The distance traveled in each interval is simply the speed multiplied by the time (v x t). Thus, in the first interval you travel 120 x 1 = 120 meters, in the second interval 120 x 6 = 720 meters; therefore, the total distance traveled is 840 meters. The total time elapsed is 120 + 120 = 240 seconds. An average speed is simply the total distance traveled divided by the total time elapsed thus in this case it is 720 m / 240 s = 3 m/s.
(change in distance) divided by (time interval) = the object's average speed during that time interval.
Speed = Distance/Time
It is the product (multiplication) of the average speed and the time interval.
The average speed of an object in an interval of time is the distance traveled by the object divided by the duration of the interval.
It gives speed.
Average speed
No. Acceleration is the rate at which the speed is INCREASING. Since the speed is increasing,the distance traveled by the body in each time interval is also increasing.