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<h1 align="center">Metric Speed (Velocity)</h1>
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<p>These are the most common measurements:</p>
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<li><b>Meters per second (m/s)</b></li>
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<li><b>Kilometers per hour (km/h)</b></li>
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<p style="float: left; margin: 10px;"><img src="images/walking.jpg" alt="walking" width="101" height="200" /></p><p> </p><h3>Speed in meters per second (m/s)</h3>
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<p>If something is traveling at 1 m/s it moves <b>1 meter every second</b>.</p>
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<p>If something is traveling at 1 km/h it moves <b>1 kilometer every hour</b>.</p>
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<p>Example: One <b>minute</b> at 60 km/h moves you <b>1 km</b>.</p>
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<li>1 m/s = 3.6 km/h</li>
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<h3>Example: What is 100 km/h in m/s?</h3>
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<li>100 x 1,000 / 3,600 = 27.777... m/s</li>
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<p align="center"><span class="larger">100 km/h = 27.78 m/s</span> (to 2 decimal places)</p>
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<h2>Velocity</h2>
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<p>Velocity is speed with a <b>direction</b>.</p>
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<p>So if something is moving at 5 km/h that is a speed.</p>
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<p>But when we say it is moving at <b>5 km/h westwards</b> that is a <b>velocity</b>.</p>
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<p>If something moves backwards and forwards very fast it has a high speed, but a low (or zero) velocity</p>
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<p> 100 km/h is about:</p>
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<p>60 km/h is about:</p>
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<p>1 meter per second is:</p>
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