Question

A bird flies from the south pole to the north pole. Part of the journey is 1000 miles that takes two weeks. What is the birds Velocity in that time?

Please show your work an include the final units,

Answer 1

Formula for Velocity = DISTANCE traveled/TIME to travel distance + direction

For this one, we can use mph(miles per hour) as unit.

v = 1,000 miles / 336 hours (2 weeks = 24 hours x 14 days = 336 hrs)
= 2.98 mph North

or we can use kph (kilometers per hour)

v = 1609.34 km / 336 hours (1 mile = 1.60934 km)
= 4.79 kph North