Question

Usha swims in a 90m long pool She covers 180m in 1 min by swimming from one end to the other and back along the same straight path Find the average speed and average speed and average velocity of usha

Answer 1

Since it is a straight path in which Usha is swimming, the average velocity and the average speed would be the same. Here let's covert 'minute' to 'seconds'. 1 min gets converted to 60sec. Therefore average speed/velocity becomes 180m/60s = "3m/s". Therefore, the answer is 3 metre per second.

Answer 2

Answer:-

Explanation :-

Usha Covers a distance (d)= 180 m at a

time 1 minute or 60 seconds .

Usha return to initial position ( displacement ) = 0

We know that,

$\bf{average \: speed \: = \frac{total \: distance}{total \: time \: } } \\ \\ \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: = \frac{180}{60} \\ \\ \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: = \: 3 \: \frac{m}{s}$

And ,

$\bf{average \: velocity \: = \frac{displacement}{time} } \\ \\ \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: = \frac{0}{60} \\ \\ \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: \: = 0 \: \: \frac{m}{s}$