Question

A go-cart racetrack has 100-meter straightaways and semicircular ends with diameters of 40 meters. Calculate the average speed in meters per minute of a go-cart if it completes 4 laps in 6 minutes.

Answer 1

Answer:

Average speed of go cart is 217.07 meters per minute.

Step-by-step explanation:

We are given the following in the question:

Length of straightway racetrack = 100 m

Diameter of  semicircular end = 40 m

Radius =

$r = \dfrac{d}{2} = \dfrac{40}{2} = 20\text{ m}$

Perimeter of racetrack =

Perimeter of semicircle + 2(Length of straightway) + Perimeter of semicircle

$=\pi r + 2(100) + \pi r\\=2\pi r + 2(200)\\=(2\times 3.14\times 20) + 200\\=325.6\text{ m}$

Speed =

$s = \dfrac{\text{Distance}}{\text{Time}}\\\\s = \dfrac{4\times \text{Perimeter of track}}{6}\\\\s = \dfrac{4\times 325.6}{6}\\\\s = 217.06\text{ meter per minute}$

Thus, average speed of go cart is 217.07 meters per minute.