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3 years ago

Why is it more helpful to know a tornadoes velocity rather than its speed

Physics

2 answers:

max2010maxim [7]3 years ago

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So you know where the tornado is going

victus00 [196]3 years ago

5 0

So you not only know how fast it is going, but where it is going.

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A car is running at the speed of 45km/hr see a child 25 meter ahead and suddenly apllies a brakes. If the retradation of the car

kenny6666 [7]

Answer:

The car stops in 7.78s and does not spare the child.

Explanation:

In order to know if the car stops before the distance to the child, you take into account the following equation:

$x=x_o+v_ot-\frac{1}{2}at^2$ (1)

vo: initial speed of the car = 45km/h

a: deceleration of the car = 2 m/s^2

t: time

xo: initial distance to the child = 25m

x: final distance to the child = 0m

It is necessary that the solution of the equation (1) for time t are real.

You first convert the initial speed to m/s, then replace the values of the parameters and solve the quadratic polynomial for t:

$45\frac{km}{h}*\frac{1h}{3600s}*\frac{1000m}{1km}=12.5\frac{m}{s}$

$0=25+12.5t-2t^2\\\\2t^2-12.5t-25=0\\\\t_{1,2}=\frac{-(-12.5)\pm \sqrt{(-12.5)^2-4(2)(-25)}}{2(2)}\\\\t_{1,2}=\frac{12.25\pm 18.87}{4}\\\\t_1=7.78s\\\\t_2=-1.65s$

You take the first value t1 because it has physical meaning.

The solution for t is real, then, the car stops in 7.78s and does not spare the child.

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3 years ago

How long will it take to go 150000m traveling at 50km/hr

Tom [10]

Answer:

3000 hurs

Explanation: just divide 150000 by 50 and get 3000

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3 years ago

a hunter 412.5m from a cliff moves a distance x towards the cliff and fires a gun. he hears the echo from the cliff after 2.2sec

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Answer: 49.5 m

Explanation:

The speed of sound $s$ is given by a relation between the distance $d$ and the time $t$ :

$s=\frac{d}{t}$ (1)

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$s=330 m/s$ is the speed of sound in air (taking into account this value may vary according to the medium the sound wave travels)

$d=412.5 m-x$ since we are told th hunter was initially 412.5 meters from the cliff and then moves a distance $x$ towards the cliff

$t=\frac{2.2 s}{2}=1.1 s$ Since the time given as data (2.2 s) is the time it takes to the sound wave to travel from the hunter's gun and then go back to the position where the hunter is after being reflected by the cliff