Calculate Travel Time: Distance and Speed

How can we calculate the time for a competitor to cover a distance of 500 meters at a speed of 5 m/s?

What are the units of speed, distance, and time used in this calculation?

Calculating Travel Time

Travel time can be calculated by dividing the distance traveled by the speed. The formula is:

t = s/v

Where:

  • t: Travel time (in seconds)
  • s: Distance traveled (in meters)
  • v: Speed (in m/s)

Speed is a quantity that indicates how fast an object is moving, and the international unit of speed is meters per second (m/s). Distance, on the other hand, is a number that indicates how far an object changes its position and is measured in meters (m). Time, which is the interval between two states or events, is measured in seconds.

By substituting the values into the formula, we can find the travel time:

t = 500m / 5m/s = 100 seconds

Therefore, the competitor will take 100 seconds to cover a distance of 500 meters at a speed of 5 m/s.

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