Question

Which pair of sentences is describing the same velocity? A. A car is parked. A car is moving in circles. B. A bus drives 40 miles per hour north. A truck drives 50 miles per hour north. C. A boy walks east at 6 kilometers per hour. A girl walks west at the same speed as the boy. D. Valerie rides her bike south at 8 kilometers per hour. Owen jogs south at 8 kilometers per hour.

Answer 1

(D) Valerie rides her bike south at 8 kilometers per hour. Owen jogs south at 8 kilometers per hour.

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Answer 2

Option D, Valerie rides her bike south at 8 kilometers per hour. Owen jogs south at 8 kilometers per hour.

Step-by-step explanation:

Velocity being a vector quantity possesses both magnitude and direction. Thus, among the given pair of sentence, the one that will describe two entities having equal magnitude and similar direction will be considered as having same velocity. Thus, option D is correct.

Here the magnitude of Valerie bike is 8 kilometers per hour and the magnitude of Owen jogs is also 8 kilometers per hour. Also the direction of their movement is same i.e in south direction.