Defined as the change in position of an object (
displacement) per unit of time. Velocity, unlike speed, takes into account the direction of travel relative to a base point.
v =
s/t (where v and s are vectors)
Where (using SI units):
v is the velocity of the body in metres per second (ms^
-1)
s is the displacement of the body in metres (m)
t is the time taken to travel from the initial point to the final point in seconds (s)
1. (One dimension) If you start at point A and travel directly north to point B which is ten metres away, and it takes you
five seconds to get there, your velocity will be
2ms^
-1 due north.
2. (One dimension) If you travel west for a
ten seconds at
1ms^-1, take a break for twenty seconds and then travel for another ten seconds at 1ms^-1, your velocity for the trip will be .05ms^-1 due west.
3. (Two dimension) If you start at point A and travel north at 3kmh^-1 for two hours, and then instantaneously change direction and travel due east for four hours at a speed of 2kmh^-1 to point B, your velocity for the trip is 10kmh^-1 N53°E (
53°T)
I think...