Question

A woman walked 115 m. As she did so, her speed increased from 4.20 m/s to 5.00 m/s. How long did it take her to walk this distance?

Answer 1

Answer:

25 seconds

Explanation:

Assuming the woman is accelerating at a constant rate of $a \;\;m/s^2$ from the initial velocity, u=4.20 m/s, to the final velocity, v=5.00 m/s.

Let she takes t seconds to cover the distance, s=115 m.

As acceleration, $a=\frac{v-u}{t}=\frac{5-4.2}{t}$

$\Rightarrow at=0.8\cdots(i)$

Now, from the equation of motion

$s=ut+\frac 12 at^2$

$\Rightarrow s=ut+\frac 12 at(t)$

$\Rightarrow 115=4.2t+\frac 12 \times 0.8 t$ [ from equation (i)]

$\Rightarrow 115=(4.2+0.4)t$

$\Rightarrow t= 115/4.6 = 25$ seconds.

Hence, she takes 25 seconds to walk the distance.