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Without going into all the fine points about the difference between speed and velocity, speed is generally assumed to be the distance travelled in a unit of time. As an example if you travel 120 feet in 60 minutes you travel at a speed of 120 ft/60 min = 2 ft/min. The assumption (looking at the answer) is that you travelled at the same rate every minute. However in the real world you may have gone 119 feet in 1 minute and spent the remaining 59 minutes traveling the last foot. Spped is therefor the average rate you conered the distance in the total time elapsed.
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What is distance traveled in a given amount of time?
A speed. If the direction is relevant, a velocity.
What is distance traveled divided by the time needed to travel the distance or speed?
Distance/time = speed
What is the formula for distance traveled?
distance traveled = speed multiplied by time taken.
If you know your speed and the time traveled you can find the what?
you can find the distance when you know your speed and the time you traveled
What is the distance traveled by an object divided by the time in which the distance was traveled without identifying the direction traveled?
Speed describes the distance traveled by an object divided by the time in which the distance was traveled, if the direction is not specified.
