Question

Read the scenario. A car starts 10 m north of a reference point. It moves at a constant velocity over the next 5 s, reaching a position of 10 m south of the reference point. What is the car’s average velocity? 2 m/s south 4 m/s north 0 m/s 4 m/s south

Answer 1

4 m/s south

Step-by-step explanation:

This is a pretty easy one.

Assume that the car has a reference point ragged x

We also know that the car starts moving at a point 10 m North of X. It moves steadily at a uniform velocity and ended at a position 10 m south of X.

If x is the reference point, we can infer that the car moves a total distance of, 10 m + 10 m.

Thus, the total distance moved by the car is 20 m.

It is also stated that it achieves that distance in 5 seconds.

Velocity is defined as the ratio of distance with respect to the tome taken, i.e V = d/t

Then, the velocity is

V = 20 / 5 = 4 m/s

Considering the fact that the car left and moved towards the south. We can say that it moved 4 m/s South.