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Calculating speed, time, distance, and acceleration Taylor Mitchum

1. A football field is about 100 m long. f it ta!es a person "0 seconds to run its length, ho#
fast $#hat speed% #ere they running& 100 m ' "0 sec ( 5 m/sec
". The pitcher)s mound in baseball is *+ m from the plate. t ta!es , seconds for a pitch to
reach the plate. -o# fast is the pitch& *+ m ' , sec ( 21.3 m/sec
.. f you dri/e at 100 !m'hr for 0 hours, ho# far #ill you go& 100 ! per hour times 0 hours (
600 km in 6 hours.
,. f you run at 1" m's for 1+ minutes, ho# far #ill you go& 1 minute is 00 seconds.
Therefore 1" minutes is 1"0 seconds. 1" meters times 1"0 ( *0,0 meters. In 15 minutes
you will run 8640 meters.
+. 2/ery summer dri/e to Michigan. t is .300 !m to get there. f a/erage 100 !m'hr, ho#
much time #ill spend dri/ing& .300 meters going appro4imately 100 !m'hr means that it
#ill ta!e 39 hours to drive to Michi!n.
0. A bullet tra/els at *+0 m's. -o# long #ill it ta!e a bullet to go 1 !m& It will t!ke 1.18
seconds "or the #ullet to o 1km.
1. 2/ery #inter fly home to Michigan. t ta!es + hours. 5hat is my a/erage speed& 6ased
on only the information in the 7uestion, the speed c!nnot #e determined because there is no
unit of distance. 6ased on the information about Michigan from 7uestion fi/e, the a/erage
speed #ould be $80 km/hr.
*. The fastest train in the #orld mo/es at +00 !m'hr. -o# far #ill it go in . hours& +00 !m in
a hour times . hours ( the #orld #ill mo/e 1500 km in 3 hr.
Calculating speed, time, distance, and acceleration Taylor Mitchum
3. -o# long #ill it ta!e light mo/ing at .00,000 !m's to reach us from the sun& The sun is
1+,000,000 !m from earth. 1+,000,000 !m #ith the speed at .00,000 means that it #ill
ta!e 50 seconds for light to tra/el 1+,000,000 at a speed of .00,000 !m's.
10.t is "1,000 !ilometers around the earth and the earth rotates in ", hrs. -o# fast is it
rotating& "1,000 !m ' ", hr ( 8$5 km %er hr
11. A car goes from 0 to 100 !m'hr in 10 seconds. 5hat is its acceleration& 36&000 km/hr '2
1". A bus slams on its brea!s and goes from .0 !m'hr to 1+ !m'hr in , seconds. 5hat is its
acceleration& 13&500 km/hr '2
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Calculating speed, time, distance, and acceleration Taylor Mitchum
1..;oes this graph represent constant or changing speed& -o# do
you !no#& (lthouh the r!%h looks to not #e const!nt due
to the times not #ein in even increments& it is still const!nt.
)he r!%h !nd the d!t! re%resent ! const!nt s%eed. )his is
understood when !ll o" the d!t! iven shows th!t the s%eed
is ! const!nt .5 m/sec.
1,. <ind the slope of the line and find the a/erage speed. )he
slo%e o" the line is 0.5m/sec '2. )he !ver!e s%eed is
0.5 m/sec.
9raph T#o
1+.;oes this graph represent constant or changing speed& -o# do
you !no#& )he r!%h !nd the d!t! re%resent ! ch!nin
s%eed. )he d!t! iven !lw!ys yields ! di""erent s%eed&
me!nin th!t the s%eed is ch!nin. *y c!lcul!tin the
s%eed o" !ll o" the d!t! iven we know "or sure th!t the
s%eed is ch!nin.
;istance $m% Time $sec%
10 "0
"0 ,0
.+ 10
0+ 1.0
*+ 110
100 "00
;istance $m% Time $sec%
1+ "0
"+ +0
,0 0+
10 1.0
30 1*+
100 "00
Calculating speed, time, distance, and acceleration Taylor Mitchum
10.5hich section of the graph represents the highest speed& )he
"irst %oint o" the d!t! re%resents the hihest s%eed. +hich
is 0.$5 m/sec.

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