Question

(A tornado has been spotted in your area. The tornado warning said that the funnel cloud is traveling east at 40 miles per hour. The warning has given us the)

What does the given information represent?
a) Velocity
b) Instantaneous speed
c) Acceleration
d) Average speed

Answer 1

The information given is the tornado's velocity, which is a speed with a specific direction; here it is 40 miles per hour to the east.

Step-by-step explanation:

The information that a tornado has been spotted in the area, moving at 40 miles per hour to the east, represents the tornado's velocity. Velocity is not just a speed, but speed with a specific direction. In this case, the speed component is the 40 miles per hour and the direction is east, which when combined, defines velocity.