Time and Distance The term times and distance area related to the speed of moving objects Speed — We define the speed of an object as the distance covered by it in a unit time interval. Speed =(Distance travelled)/(time taken) ⇒ Distance travelled = Speed × time ⇒ Time = Distance/Speed Unit of measurement If distance is measured in kilometer, we measure time in hours and speed is written as km/hr. If distance is measured in meter, then time is taken in second and speed written as m/s Conversion of unit 1 km/hr = (1000 mtr)/(60×60 seconds)=5/18 m/s 1 m/s =18/5 km/hr Ex. – A train having length 500 m passes a pole in 30 second. Find the speed of a train (in km/hr) ⇒Speed=Distance/time=500/30 m/s =500/30×18/5 km/hr = 60 km/hr Some useful short cut methods
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