Find the distance traveled by a baseball in 1.7 s if the baseballs average speed is 22.4 m/s

Thursday, November 10, 2011

Find the distance traveled by a baseball in 1.7 s if the baseballs average speed is 22.4 m/s

Take note that average speed can be computed using the formula

$\displaystyle{s}_{{{a}{v}{g}}}=\frac{{{t}{o}{t}{a}{l}.{d}{i}{s}{\tan{{c}}}{e}.{c}{o}{v}{e}{r}{e}{d}}}{{{t}{o}{t}{a}{l}.{t}{i}{m}{e}.{t}{a}{k}{e}{n}}}$

Plugging in the given values, the formula becomes

$\displaystyle{22.4}\frac{{m}}{{s}}=\frac{{{d}{i}{s}{\tan{{c}}}{e}}}{{{1.7}{s}}}$

Isolating the distance, the equation turns into

$\displaystyle{22.4}\frac{{m}}{{s}}\cdot{1.7}{s}={d}{i}{s}{t}{a}{n}{c}{e}$

$\displaystyle{33.08}{m}={d}{i}{s}{t}{a}{n}{c}{e}$

Therefore, the baseball has a traveled a total distance of 33.08 meters.

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