Question

The cheetah, the fastest of land animals, can run a distance of 274 m in 8.65 s at its top speed. What is the cheetahs tips speed ?

Answer 1

Answer:

Top speed is 31.68 m/s

Explanation:

Speed of a body is the distance traveled by the body in unit time.

Speed is generally expressed in meter per second or kilometer per hour.

Here, the cheetah travels a distance of 274 m in 8.65 s.

Therefore, speed of cheetah is the distance traveled by it in one second.

For 8.65 s, distance traveled is 274 m

For 1 s, distance traveled will be $\frac{274}{8.65}$ meters per second. This value is called speed.

So, speed is given as the ratio of the distance traveled to that of the time taken.

∴ Top speed of cheetah is given as:

$v_{max}=\frac{274}{8.65}=31.68 \textrm{ m/s}$

Here, $v_{max}$ is the top speed of cheetah.