Question

How would you calculate the average speed of a moving body

Answer 1

The motion of objects is described in the branch of physics that is Kinematics which comes under mechanics. This is studied with terms like scalar and vector quantities, displacement and distance, speed, acceleration, and velocity which are manly used for the motion of objects. Vector quantities are explained by their magnitude with direction while scalar are used only their numerical value without the explanation of direction. The scalar quantity speed shows the fastness of any object that how fast the object can be moved. 

The value of speed is zero when there is no movement is shown by object. This is basically a distance which is covered by the moving object. When an object is moved it undergoes many changes in speed. So the needle of speedometer constantly moves up or down to show the correct speed at a particular time. But the average of all speed shows the whole motion of object at a given period of time. Let’s discuss average speed and its problem solving formula.