Question

A snail was observed to have moved a distance of 0.5 meters in 2 hours. What rate of movement was observed in this experiment

Answer 1

The answer is Velocity is equal to 0.25 meter per hour.

Step-by-step explanation:

Velocity is the physical magnitude of a vector character that relates the change of position with time. The velocity shows and expresses the variation in terms of the position of an object and as a function of time, which would be the same as saying that it is the distance traveled by an object in the unit of time.

Velocity is expressed with the formula
`v = (d)/(t)` where (v) represents velocity, (d) represents distance and (t) represents time.

knowing this we can proceed to replace the values given in the problem.

`v = (0.5m)/(2h)\\ v= 0.25(m)/(h)`

Answer 2

0.25 m/ hour

Step-by-step explanation:

A rate of movement is essentially a speed measurement, where you divide the distance crossed from point A to point B by the time it took to do it.

So, we know the snail moved a total distance of 0.5 meters... that's our distance crossed.

We know that took 2 hours... so we just have to calculate that:

0.5 meters / 2 hours = 0.25 m/hour