1. An airplane flies 650 kilometres east in 1.2 hours. What is the airplane's velocity? 2. Yelena's mother drives 12 km southwest to Robinson's mall. What is the velocity of her mother's automobile if she arrives at the mall in 6 minutes? 3. Karl walks to a friend house. He walks 1200 metres north, and then he realizes he walked too far. He turns around and walks 350 metres south. The entire walk takes him 25 minutes. What is Karl's velocity?

1. An airplane flies 650 kilometres east in 1.2 hours. What is the airplane's velocity? 2. Yelena's mother drives 12 km southwest to Robinson's mall. What is the velocity of her mother's automobile if she arrives at the mall in 6 minutes? 3. Karl walks to a friend house. He walks 1200 metres north, and then he realizes he walked too far. He turns around and walks 350 metres south. The entire walk takes him 25 minutes. What is Karl's velocity?

An Introduction to Physical Science

14th Edition

ISBN:9781305079137

Author:James Shipman, Jerry D. Wilson, Charles A. Higgins, Omar Torres

Publisher:James Shipman, Jerry D. Wilson, Charles A. Higgins, Omar Torres

Chapter1: Measurement

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 18SA: How is the decimal base 10 of the metric system an advantage over the base 12 of the British system?

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