Answer to Question #221996 in Physics for caleb villarreal

Question

Tandy runs on a path that is 25 kilometers long to get to a field that is south of the jogging path. If it takes Tandy 2.5 hours then:  

a. What is her speed?  

 

 

b. What is her velocity?  

Answer 1

(a) the speed

$$v=\frac{d}{t}=\frac{25\:\rm km}{2.5\:\rm hr}=10\:\rm km/hr$$

(b) the velocity

$$v=10\:\rm km/hr\quad \rm toward\; south$$