Answer:
Part a)
distance = 112 miles
Part b)
current position = 112 miles from the position of town
Explanation:
Part a)
Since the distance marker is showing the distance between the town and the position of john at all time
so here we have

Part b)
Current position of John is given as

from the position of the town
Between the top of the first and the top of the second loop, the coaster has lost potential energy = mgh, where h = 22.2 - 15 = 7.2m
This energy would have converted to Kinetic. Write out an equation and the masses will cancel out. Does that hint help you to find the solution? If not, I will give you another hint.
Answer:
80 m/s
Explanation:
Given:
a = -5 m/s²
v = 0 m/s
Δx = 640 m
Find: v₀
v² = v₀² + 2a(x − x₀)
(0 m/s)² = v₀² + 2(-5 m/s²) (640 m)
v₀ = 80 m/s
Assuming an ideal gas, the speed of sound depends on temperature
only. Air is almost an ideal gas.
Assuming the temperature of 25°C in a "standard atmosphere", the
density of air is 1.1644 kg/m3, and the speed of sound is 346.13 m/s.
The velocity can't be specified, since the question gives no information
regarding the direction of the sound.