What happened to the scientists' estimates of the Earth's age in the year 1650 since then the scientists now think the earth is much older. Currently Earth's age is approximately <span>4.543 billion years. Thank you for posting your question here. I hope the answer helps. </span>
Explanation:
First, we need to determine the distance traveled by the car in the first 30 minutes,
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Notice that the unit measurement for speed, in this case, is km/hr. Thus, a unit conversion of from minutes into hours is required before proceeding with the calculation, as shown below

Now, it is known that the car traveled 40 km for the first 30 minutes. Hence, the remaining distance,
, in which the driver reduces the speed to 40km/hr is
.
Subsequently, we would also like to know the time taken for the car to reach its destination, denoted by
.
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Finally, with all the required values at hand, the average speed of the car for the entire trip is calculated as the ratio of the change in distance over the change in time.

Therefore, the average speed of the car is 50 km/hr.
Work done by a given force is given by

here on sled two forces will do work
1. Applied force by Max
2. Frictional force due to ground
Now by force diagram of sled we can see the angle of force and displacement
work done by Max = 

Now similarly work done by frictional force



Now total work done on sled


To solve this problem we will apply the linear motion kinematic equations. From the definition of the final velocity, as the sum between the initial velocity and the product between the acceleration (gravity) by time, we will find the final velocity. From the second law of kinematics, we will find the vertical position traveled.

Here,
v = Final velocity
= Initial velocity
g = Acceleration due to gravity
t = Time
At t = 4s, v = -30m/s (Downward)
Therefore the initial velocity will be


Now the position can be calculated as,

When it has the ground, y=0 and the time is t=4s,


Therefore the cliff was initially to 41.6m from the ground