Steve is planning his annual Spring Break road trip. He pulls out his map and draws out his route to visit the five locations that he has planned for this year. They go in a counterclockwise loop and he ends up at home, where he started, just in time to start classes again. Whenever he is on the road he travels a constant 60 miles/hour. When Steve adds up the total distance traveled, as measured by his odometer, and divides it by the time that his trip took, he has measured what quantity? a. His average velocity.
b. His average speed.
c. His instantaneous velocity.
d. His instantaneous speed.

His average speed.

Explanation:

Average speed = Total distance travelled / total time .

In the given case odometer measures total distance travelled . Dividing it by time will give average speed .

Average velocity can not be the answer as it is measured by dividing displacement by time . Displacement here is zero because initial and final point are same . Instantaneous velocity is given by the speedometer . It keeps on changing all the time . It is actually speed at a particular point of time . It can not be average velocity or speed .

b.

explanation:

d₁ = displacement of tern from arctic to antarctic = 11000 miles

d₂ = displacement of tern from antarctic to arctic =   - 11000 miles

d = total displacement for the journey

total displacement for the journey is given as

d = d₁ + d₂

d = 11000 + (-11000)

d = 0 miles

t₁ = time of travel from arctic to antarctic = 3 months = 3 x 30 days = 90 days

t₂ = time of travel from antarctic to arctic = 3 months = 3 x 30 days = 90 days

t = total time of travel

total time of travel is given as

t = t₁ + t₂

t = 90 + 90

t = 180 days

average velocity is given as

average velocity = total displacement/ total time

v = d/t

v = 0/180

v = 0 miles/day