Question

What is the speed of an 800 kg automobile if it has a kinetic energy of 9.00 x 10^J?

Answer 1

Ek = 1/2 mv^2

9 × 10^4 = 1/2 × 800 × v^2

9 × 10^4/400 = 400 v^2 / 400

9 × 10^4/400 = v^2

√225 = v

15 ms⁻¹ = v

That's the only way I know how to work it out

I think in this case velocity and speed would be considered the same because me

s = d/t and v=d/t

one is distance travelled and the other is displacement of a body