Question

A soccer player practices kicking the ball into the goal from halfway down the soccer field. The time it takes for the ball to get to the goal fro the time it is kicked averages about three seconds. The soccer field is 90 meters long. The player wants to know the average velocity of the ball. Is there enough information to calculate this?

Answer 1

Yes, displacement is 45 meters, elapsed time is three seconds, and the direction is toward the goal.

Answer 2

no, only average speed can be calculated from the distance of 90 meters and the time 3 seconds hope this helps