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How do you get the speed?
Speed is a measure of how fast an object is moving. It can be calculated by dividing the distance traveled by the time taken to travel that distance. The formula for speed is speed = distance/time.
What are the two quantities needed to measure speed?
To measure speed, you need two quantities: distance traveled and time taken. By dividing the distance by the time, you can calculate the speed of an object.
Is Speed time over distance?
Speed is a measure of how quickly an object is moving. Time is a measure of how long it takes for an object to travel a certain distance. Distance is the amount of space between two points. Speed, time, and distance are related by the formula speed = distance/time.
What is a measure of how fast something is moving over a distance?
Speed is equal to distance divided by time Algebraically s = d/t To do this mechanically, you need a clock/watch to measure the time. and some form of distance measure e.g. ruler, or mile posts. In a motor car you have the speedometer and odometer. They measure the speed at any given moment, and the distance travelled.
What does speed compare?
Speed compares how fast an object is moving. It is a measure of the rate at which an object covers distance. Speed is calculated by dividing the distance traveled by the time taken to travel that distance.
Who is the scientist use the light year to measure the speed of light?
It doesn't work that way. The light-year is not used to measure the speed of light. It works the other way round: First, the speed of light is determined through other methods, then the distance called a light-year is calculated based on that measurements.
Who are scientist measure the speed of the eye?
Optomotrists
What do kilometers per hour measure?
Speed. Kilometre measure distance, and hour is a measure of time. Distance / Time = Speed.
What is the way to measure speed?
distance/time=speed
Speed is the measure of motion over time?
Speed is the measure of distance over time.
How many mph is 130 km?
mph is a measure of speed, km is a measure of distance. Speed = Distance/Time. You cannot convert distance into speed without knowledge of the time taken for the journey.
How do you measure a speed of a car?
speed = distance divided by time
How do you measure the distance run in the ships?
TO MEASURE AND INDICATE SPEED AND DISTANCE .... 3.2 Errors in the indicated distance run,
How do you get the speed?
Speed is a measure of how fast an object is moving. It can be calculated by dividing the distance traveled by the time taken to travel that distance. The formula for speed is speed = distance/time.
Why did early experimental attempts to measure the speed of light fail?
If you want to measure the speed of something, you first have to recall that speed is (distance traveled) divided by (time to travel the distance), and then you realize that you have to measure the distance it travels and the time it takes to travel that distance. If it happens to be the speed of light, then you immediately have a serious problem. The speed of light is so great that ... -- If you pick a distance that's easy to measure, then the time is impossibly short. For example, if you pick ten miles, then you have to accurately measure 0.00005368 of one second, which is pretty tough. -- If you pick a time that's easy to measure, then the distance is ridiculously long. For example, if you pick 0.1 second, then you have to accurately measure 18,628.2 miles, which is enormously tough. Both of these methods are theoretically and technically perfect, and completely impossible to actually use for the speed of light. You have to invent whole new clever ways to measure speed.
What are the two quantities needed to measure speed?
To measure speed, you need two quantities: distance traveled and time taken. By dividing the distance by the time, you can calculate the speed of an object.
What is use by scientist to measure the distance light travel in one year?
Scientists don't measure the distance light travels in one year. They calculate it by measuring the speed of light. The speed is 300,000,000 meters/sec. and can be measured in the laboratory with a rotating mirror apparatus. To get the distance traveled by light in one year you multiply the speed (above) by the number of seconds in a year. The answer will come out in meters and is also called one light year.
