Question

Lauren recently attended a conference in San Diego, California. To get there, she first had to fly from Manhattan, KS to Chicago, IL. It takes 1 hour to make that 500-mile flight. After a three-hour layover, she then boarded her flight to San Diego. That flight took 4 hours to travel the 1700 miles between the two cities.

1. ) What was the distance that Lauren traveled that day?

2. ) What was Lauren’s displacement for the day?

3. ) What was Lauren’s average speed from the time she left Manhattan to the

   time she made it back to San Diego?

4. ) What was Lauren’s average velocity from the time she left Manhattan to the

   time she made it back to San Diego?

Answer 1