The cart that has the smallest mass of sports equipment in it
has the greatest change in speed. We know this from Newton's
second law of motion ...
Force = (mass) x (acceleration).
If several objects have the same force acting on them, then the one
with the smallest mass has the greatest acceleration.
The average speed is determined by the following formula:
average speed = [sum of (speed * time for which that speed was traveled)] / total time
average speed = [(83 * 26 + 41 * 52 + 60 * 45 + 0 * 15) / 60] / [(26 + 52 + 45 + 15) / 60]
*note: The division by 60 is to convert minutes to hours. We see that the 60 cancels from the top and bottom of the division
average speed = 50.65 km/hr
The total distance traveled is equivalent to the numerator of the fraction we used in the first part. This is:
Distance = (83 * 26 + 41 * 52 + 60 * 45 + 0 * 15) / 60
Distance = 116.5 kilometers
The formula to get the velocity is V=D/T. First you need to determine the distance and time at a certain point and plug it into the equation and that will be your velocity at that point. To get it between two points you complete the directions two times and find the average or use the slope formula, slope = rise/run; slope = (y2 - y1) / (x2 - x1).
Cross country, because it has to do with running on your feet
The answer to this question is distance.
