A car travels 12 km due north along a straight highway in 15 min.

PHYSICS · Multi-part · CBSE · Physics · Motion · Motion

Problem

A car travels 12 km due north along a straight highway in 15 min. (a) Convert the given distance and time to SI units. (b) Calculate the average speed of the car in (i) m s−1\text{m\,s}^{-1} and (ii) km h−1\text{km\,h}^{-1}. (c) Determine the magnitude and direction of the average velocity of the car for this journey.

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