Question

Kyle and Jenny both have pet rabbits. They wanted to see who had the fastest rabbit, so they each recorded data at their homes and brought it's the results. Kyle rabbit went a total of 40 m in a time of one minute and 20 seconds. Jenny's rabbit went 30 m in one minute and 30 seconds. What was the velocity of Kyle's rabbit? What was the velocity of jennies rabbit? Whose rabbit was the fastest?

Answer 1

Answer:

v_kyle = 0.5 m/s

v_jennies = 0.333 m/s

Kyle's Rabbit was the fastest

Explanation:

For the velocity of Kyle's Rabbit:

d = distance covered = 40 m

t = time taken = (1 min)(60s/1 min) + 20 s = 80 s

$v_{kyle} = \frac{d}{t} = \frac{40\ m}{80\ s}$

v_kyle = 0.5 m/s

For the velocity of Jennies Rabbit:

d = distance covered = 30 m

t = time taken = (1 min)(60s/1 min) + 30 s = 90 s

$v_{jennies} = \frac{d}{t} = \frac{30\ m}{90\ s}$

v_jennies = 0.333 m/s

It is clear from the results that:

Kyle's Rabbit was the fastest