The speed of the ball is 101miles/hr.
A mile is a unit of length that is exactly 1,609.344 metres long. Similarly, 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards make up one mile. The mile is an imperial and common US measurement of distance.
We just have to deal with unit conversions.
One mile is 5280 feet, or 1 ft = 0.000189
The speed of the ball in miles per hour is
So, the speed of the ball in miles per hour is 101miles/hr.
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Answer:
a) time taken to catch up with speeding car is 12.25 secs
b) the police car will travel 273.8 m to catch up with the speeding car
Explanation:
Given that;
speed of car = 50 mi/hr = 22.352 m/s
acceleration of police car = 10 mi/hr = 4.47 m/s²
= 70 mi/hr = 31.29 m/s
Now time taken to reach maximum speed is t₁
so
=
+ at₁
we substitute
31.29 = 0 + 4.47t₁
t₁ = 31.29 / 4.47
t₁ = 7 sec
now
d₁ = 0 + 1/2 × at₁²
d₁ = 0 + 1/2 × 0 + 4.47×(7)²
d₁ = 109.5 m
so distance travelled by the speeding car in time t₁ will be
=
× t₁
we substitute
= 22.352 × 7
= 156.46 m
now distance between polive car and speeding car
Δd = - d₁
Δd = 156.46 - 109.5
Δd = 46.96 m
time taken to cover Δd will be
t₂ = Δd / ( -
)
t₂ = 46.96 / ( 31.29 - 22.352 )
t₂ = 46.96 / 8.938
t₂ = 5.25 sec
distance travelled by the police in time t₂ will be
d₂ = × t₂
d₂ = 31.29 × 5.25
d₂ = 164.3 m
a) How long will it take before the officer catches up to the speeding car;
time taken to catch up with speeding car;
t = t₁ + t₂
t = 7 + 5.25
t = 12.25 secs
Therefore, time taken to catch up with speeding car is 12.25 secs
b) how far will it have travelled in order to do so;
distance = d₁ + d₂
distance = 109.5 + 164.3
distance = 273.8 m
Therefore, the police car will travel 273.8 m to catch up with the speeding car