Question

A hiker travels in a straight line for 40 minutes with an average velocity that has a magnitude of 1.2 m/s. How far is she from her starting point?

Answer 1

Given:

Time taken for the travel: 40 mins=2400 secs

Velocity: 1.2m/s

Speed and velocity have the same magnitude. Speed is a scalar where as velocity is a vector quantity.

Distance traveled= speed x time.

Distance traveled: 1.2 x 2400=2880m