What is the equation to get velocity?

Answer 1

Velocity (V) = Displacement (S) / Time (T)

Don't confuse displacement with distance, as displacement is how far away you are from your original starting position whilst distance is the total amount of travel.

For example:

You walk 20 meters from your starting position, and then walk 10 meters back. Your displacement is thus 10 meters and your distance is 30 meters.

Also, don't forget that you must include the direction in your final answer for velocity. You find the direction either by being given the possibilities in the question or just using something to represent it. North [N] and East [E] represents positive, South [S] and West [W] representing negatives.

Using the previous example:

V = 20 m [N or E] / 10 s

EQUALS

V = 2 m/s [N or E]

Tailor your directions to your question, such that if you got a question about a Basketball game you could simply use [Upcourt] to represent positivity and [Downcourt] to represent negativity in your numbers.S