Question

Which pair of sentences is describing the same velocity? A. A car is parked. A car is moving in circles. B. A bus drives 40 miles per hour north. A truck drives 50 miles per hour north. C. A boy walks east at 6 kilometers per hour. A girl walks west at the same speed as the boy. D. Valerie rides her bike south at 8 kilometers per hour. Owen jogs south at 8 kilometers per hour.

Answer 1

In option A car moving in a circle shows change in direction and therefore change in velocity
In option B distance traveled over time varies though they move in same direction
In optionC the direction of velocity differs
In option D Valerie and Owen traverse same distance in same time interval
Therefore they have same velocity’s