The acceleration of gravity on Earth is 9.8 m/s² .
The speed of a falling object keeps increasing smoothly,
in such a way that the speed is always 9.8 m/s faster than
it was one second earlier.
If you 'drop' the penny, then it starts out with zero speed.
If you also start the clock at the same instant, then
After 1.10 sec, Speed = (1.10 x 9.8) = 10.78 meters/sec
After 1.85 sec, Speed = (1.85 x 9.8) = 18.13 meters/sec
But you want this second one given in a different unit of speed.
OK then:
= (18.13 meter/sec) x (3,600 sec/hr) x (1 mile/1609.344 meter)
= (18.13 x 3,600 / 1609.344) (mile/hr) = 40.56 mph (rounded)
We did notice that in an apparent effort to make the question
sound more erudite and sophisticated, you decided to phrase
it in terms of 'velocity'. We can answer it in those terms, if we
ASSUME that there is no wind, and the penny therefore doesn't
acquire any horizontal component of motion on its way down.
With that assumption in force, we are able to state unequivocally
and without fear of contradiction that each 'speed' described above ...
with the word 'downward' appended to it ... does become a 'velocity'.
Mean is the same thing as average, so to find this you would add all of the numbers together and divide them by the amount of numbers you added. For example, (6+9+11)/3
Median is the middle number of the list of numbers, but you have to put them in numerical order first. If there is not an exact middle, you would add the middle two together and divide by two.
Mode is the number that occurs most often within the list of numbers.
The equation that would allow us to calculate for the acceleration given the distance is written below,
a = (Vf² - Vo²) / 2d
where a is the acceleration, Vf is the final velocity, Vo is the initial velocity, and d is distance.
Substituting the known values,
a = ((84 ft/s)² - (72 ft/s)²) / 2(180 ft) = 5.2 ft/s²
Then, the equation that would relate the initial velocity, distance, acceleration and time is calculated through the equation,
d = Vot + 0.5at²
Substituting the known values,
180 = 72(t) + 0.5(5.2)(t²)
The value of t from the equation is 2.3 s
<em>ANSWER: 2.3 s</em>
Answer: Velocity is the vector, which means it has both direction and magnitude . Velocity is defined as the speed of something in a given direction .
Explanation:
