If an object starts from rest, what is its initial velocity?
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Answer:
1.08 m/s
Explanation:
This can be solved with two steps, first we need to find the time taken to fall 9.5 m, then we can divide the horizontal distance covered with time taken to calculate the velocity.
Time taken to fall 9.5 m
vertical acceleration = a = 9.8 m/s^2.
vertical velocity = 0, (since there is only horizontal component for velocity, )
distance traveled s = 9.5 m.
Substituting these values in the equation
⇒ t= 1.392 sec
Velocity needed
We know the time taken (1.392 s) to travel 1.5 m,
So velocity = 1.5 m / 1.392 s = 1.08 m/s
hence velocity of the diver must be at least 1.08 m/s
The time taken by the swimmer was 1 hour.
Why?
Since the swimmer is maintaining an angle of 150° while he was swimming, there were two components of the speed (horizontal and vertical). If we want to calculate the time taken by him to cross the river, we need to calculate the vertical speed and consider that the flow's speed is compensated by his horizontal speed.
We can calculate both components of the speed using the following formula:
Now, calculating we have:
Therefore, we have that the horizontal speed is compesating the flow's speed while his vertical speed is used to cross the river which is 1 Km wide.
Hence, we have that the tame taken is:
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