How do you convert distance to velocity?

Answer 1

They are incompatible and can't be converted from one another.

In order to get a velocity you would also need the time spent to cover the distance. Then you can use the formula distance/time=velocity.

For example if you travelled 120 miles in 3 hours, you've travelled at 40 mph.

If you have covered 200 kilometers in 4 hours, you've travelled 50 kilometers per hour.

Answer 2

The velocity has the same magnitude as the speed. But you also need to know the direction, to have the complete specification of velocity.

The above isn't entirely correct. That would only work for instantaenous velocity.

The velocity of an object doesn't have the same magnitude. Velocity is the change in displacement divided by the change in time. (Delta D/Delta t).

Displacement isn't the same as distances, as displacement is the change in position, while distance is the length of the path taken. This usually only matters when there is a change in direction along the path.

To illustrate this:

An object travels 4 m [east], and 3 m [south] in 1 second.

Distance = 7m

displacement = 5m[s of e]

time = 1s

Speed = 7m/s

Velocity = 5m/s [s of e]

To answer your original question, if traveling linearly, then the first answer works. Otherwise you still need the direction, just for the distance, and calculate it similar to how you would speed, but by using the displacement rather then the distance.

Answer 3

To convert distance to velocity, you will need to divide the distance traveled by the time taken to cover that distance. The formula for velocity is velocity = distance/time. By performing this division, you will get the velocity at which an object is moving.