A helicopter is decending at 6fps
What is the helicopters speed? what is the helicopters velocity?
Please try to explain this to me
2006-09-25 14:50:22 · 6 answers · asked by 13en 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
s = 6fps
v = -6fps
2006-09-25 14:54:54 · answer #1 · answered by moocow1088 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Speed and velocity are the same thing, and so is rate. It's given in your problem to be 6 fps. However, following answers are better; velocity has a direction and speed doesn't. I stand corrected.
2006-09-25 21:52:38 · answer #2 · answered by hayharbr 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Speed is 6fps
Velocity is 6fps downward.
Velocity is a vector, it requires speed plus direction.
Speed is just the magnitude of the velocity vector.
2006-09-25 21:52:53 · answer #3 · answered by Bramblyspam 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Speed is scalar, velocity is a vector, composed of speed AND direction.
2006-09-25 22:11:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
umm cant realy but i try speed is how quickly an object is changeing its distance in x amout of time speed=distance/time
velocity is speed in a direction
2006-09-25 21:54:06 · answer #5 · answered by Luigi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like you need more data.
2006-09-25 21:53:10 · answer #6 · answered by Up your Maslow 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋