1. Speed Triangle Practice

2. A car is travelling at 70 mph. It travels for 0. 5 hour
A car is travelling at 70 mph. It travels for 0.5 hour. How far has it gone? D= T= S=
What equation?
Sub in numbers
Solve the equation
D = 35 miles

3. A car took 20 minutes to travel 10 miles. What was its average speed
S= 0.5 miles/minute

4. The world speed record on water was set on October 8, 1978 by Ken Warby of Blowering Dam, Australia. If Ken drove his motorboat a distance of 1000 m in 7s, how fast was his boat moving?
S= 142.9m/s

5. A baseball is thrown a distance of 60 feet
A baseball is thrown a distance of 60 feet. What is its speed if it takes 0.5 seconds to cover the distance?
S= 120 feet/sec

6. A comet is cruising through the solar system at a speed of 50,000 kilometers per hour for 4 hours time. What is the total distance traveled by the comet during this time?
D = 200,000 km

7. According to the World Flying Disk Federation, on April 8, 2000, Jennifer Griffin of Fredericksburg, Virginia threw a Frisbee for a distance of 138 m to capture the women’s record. If the Frisbee was thrown horizontally with a speed of 13.0 m/s, how long did the Frisbee remain aloft?
T = 10.6 s

8. A car travels at 45 mph for 4 hours. How far has it travelled?
D= 180 miles

9. How long would it take a car to travel 20 km if its average speed is 40 km per min?
T = 0.5 min = 30 sec

10. Town A is 10 miles away. Town B is 15 miles away.
Town C is 20 miles away.
If a car travels at an average of 35 mph, which town or towns could the car visit in 2 hours?
All three towns. The car Could cover 70 miles in 2 hours