Answer: The average speed is 27,24 mph (exactly 1008/37 mph)
Explanation:
This is solved using a three rule: We know the speeds and the distances, what we can obtain from it is the time used. It is done like this:
1h--->18mi
X ---->20 mi, then X=20mi*1h/18mi= 10/9 h=1,111 h
1h--->56mi
X ---->20 mi, then X=20mi*1h/56mi= 5/14 h=0,35714 h
Then the average speed is calculated by taking into account that it was traveled 40mi and the time used was 185/126 h=1,468 h and since speed is distance over time we get the answer. Average speed= 40mi/(185/126 h)=1008/37 mph=27,24 mph.
Answer:
15 meters
Explanation:
The inicial energy of the ball is just potencial energy, and its value is:
E = m * g * h = m * g * 20,
where m is the ball mass, and g is the value of gravity.
In the moment that the ball strickes the ground, all potencial energy transformed into kinetic energy, and 25% of this energy is lost, so the total energy at this moment will be:
E' = 0.75 * E = 0.75 * m * g * 20 = 15*m*g
This kinetic energy will make the ball goes up again, and at the maximum height, all kinetic energy is transformed back into potencial energy.
So, as the mass and the gravity are constants, we can calculate the height the ball will reach:
E' = m*g*h = 15*m*g -> h = 15 meters
