Travel Graphs
Speed, distance, time
Travel Graphs(1)
50
(a)
Time of arrival at
Bedford.
10:30
Calbridge
40
(b) Distance from Altown
to Calbridge. 45 km
30
(c) How long at Calbridge?
Distance (km)
30 mins
Bedford 20
(d) Average speed:
Altown to Calbridge.
45/ = 45 km/hr
d
S = /t =
1
10
(e) Average speed:return
journey.
45/ = 90 km/hr
d
S = /t =
½
Altown
10.00
11.00
Time
12.00
Travel Graphs (2)
36 mins or
0.6 hr
Canby 20
Distance
(Miles)
Bigby
(b) How far is it from
Bigby to Canby?
16
12 miles
12
(c) Average speed
from Bigby to Canby?
S = d/t = 12/0.4
= 30 mph
8
(d) Average speed on
return journey?
4
Airby
(a) How long at Bigby?
S = d/t = 20/0.8
= 25 mph
0800
0900
Time
1000
1100 (e) Average speed for
whole journey?
S = d/t = 40/3
= 13 1/3 mph
Travel Graphs (3)
Burton 100
How can you
tell from the
graph that the
journey
between Cady
and Burton
was the slower
of the 3
journeys?
80
Distance
(km)
60
Cadby 40
20
Watton
0900
Line is less
steep.
1000
Time 1100
1200
The graph shows part of a return car journey from Watton to Burton.
The car arrived in Burton at 1030 and stopped for 18 minutes before
returning to Watton, at an average speed of 100 km/hr. Complete the
travel graph for this journey.
Travel Graphs(1)
50
(a)
Time of arrival at
Bedford.
Calbridge
40
(b) Distance from Altown
to Calbridge.
30
(c) How long at Calbridge?
Distance (km)
Bedford 20
(d) Average speed:
Altown to Calbridge.
10
(e) Average speed:return
journey.
Altown
10.00
11.00
Time
12.00
Travel Graphs (2)
Canby 20
(a) How long at Bigby?
(b) How far is it from
Bigby to Canby?
16
Distance
(Miles)
Bigby
(c) Average speed
from Bigby to Canby?
12
8
(d) Average speed on
return journey?
4
Airby
0800
0900
Time
1000
1100 (e) Average speed for
whole journey?