PHYSICS

DEFINITIONS

100

RATE AT WHICH AN OBJECT MOVES OR CHANGES POSITION

SPEED

200

ACTION OR PROCESS OF MOVING

MOTION

300

MOTION THAT CHANGES THE POSITION OF AN OBJECT ALONG A 2-D PATH

TRANSLATIONAL

400

RAPIDITY OF MOTION 

VELOCITY

500

SPEED OF AN OBJECT AT A SPECIFIC POINT IN TIME

INSTANTANEOUS

FORMULAS

100

DISTANCE

d=st

200

speed

s=d/t

300

time

t=d/s

400

d=5

s=10

t=?

0.5

PROBLEMS

100

d=5km

time=10s

s?

0.5 km/s

200

d=20km

t=30s

s?

0.67

300

s=5km/s

t=10s

d=?

50

400

Which formula would I use to find distance?

d=st

500

Which formula would I use to find speed?

s=d/t