The cheetah can maintain its maximum speed for only 7.5 s. What is the minimum distance the gazelle must be ahead of the cheetah

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Paraphin [41]

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The cheetah can maintain its maximum speed for only 7.5 s. What is the minimum distance the gazelle must be ahead of the cheetah

to have a chance of escape? (After 7.5 s the speed of cheetah is less than that of the gazelle.) Answer in units of m.

Physics

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amm1812 · Answer 1 · 2022-01-28T00:58:24+03:00

amm18123 years ago

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Basically the cheetah is running 31.5km/h faster than the gazelle. So to determone how long it will take to cover 9mm at that speed, you have to a lot of work. If you skip all of that work, the answer is 1.60m seconds