Question

A car travels 35 km west and 90 km north in two hours what is its average velocity?

Answer 1

Average velocity = Total Displacement / Total time taken

Total displacement is the distance from starting to end point.

35km west then 90km north. When you will draw this and connect starting to end point. You will get a right angled triangle.

So displacement =
`√(35^2+90^2)`

= 96.56 km

So, Total displacement = 96.56 km

So, Average Velocity = 96.56 / 2 = 48.28 km/hr