Using the Speed Triangle
Science
So today I'm going to teach you how to calculate speed time and distance problems. Now, when cackling these problems, we need to have different variables representing speed time and distance. So speed is represented by the variable V time T and distance D. So to get these three different formulas for speed time and distance, we're going to use the speed triangle. Now V speed is in this part of the triangle. And these used to represent speed because that stands for velocity. D distance is there. And then we have T for time. Now if we're asked to calculate speed, we need to get our speed triangle. So here we have our speed triangle. V DT, and if Rasta soft for speed which is V, we shade in that part of the triangle. So we're left with V equals, now we here we have a D we have it over T so it's V equals D over T, which is distance. Divided by time. Now sometimes we'll be asked to calculate distance. So when calculating distance again, we need our same speed triangle. B, D, T, but this time we're asked to calculate distance, so we're going to shade in T so we have D equals. And now we have V next to T that means we're going to multiply. So we have V times T or basically distance equals speed. Times time. And then lastly, you may be asked to calculate time. Again, you need your speed triangle. So if you ask to calculate time, you shade in T you have T equals and here we have D over V so D over V so time equals distance. Divided by. Time equals distance divided by the speed. And so that's how you get the three different formulas for speed, distance, and time.