SOLUTION: 1.A sprinter who average 30 ft/sec completed a race 1 sec before another sprinter who average 28 ft/sec. What was the distance of the race?
2. The average vertical speed of an e
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Question 614315: 1.A sprinter who average 30 ft/sec completed a race 1 sec before another sprinter who average 28 ft/sec. What was the distance of the race?
2. The average vertical speed of an experimental rocket is 1200 kph during its flight. Upon reaching its maximum height, it released a capsule which descended at an average vertical speed of 630kph. If the capsule touches the earth 90 min. after the rocket was launched, find the height reached by the rocket?
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1.A sprinter who average 30 ft/sec completed a race 1 sec before another sprinter who average 28 ft/sec. What was the distance of the race?
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Faster runner DATA:
rate = 30 ft/sec ; distance = x ft ; time = x/30 seconds
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Slower runner DATA:
rate = 28 ft/sec ; distance = x ft ; time = x/28 seconds
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Equation:
slower runner time - faster runner time = 1 sec
x/28 - x/30 = 1 sec
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30x - 28x = 28*30
2x = 28*30
x = 14*30
x = 420 ft.
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2. The average vertical speed of an experimental rocket is 1200 kph during its flight. Upon reaching its maximum height, it released a capsule which descended at an average vertical speed of 630kph. If the capsule touches the earth 90 min. after the rocket was launched, find the height reached by the rocket?
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Rocket DATA:
h(t) = -16t^2+1200t
Max occurs at t = -b/(2a) = -1200/(-32) = 37.5 seconds
Max height = h(37.5) = -16(37.5)^2 + 1200*37.5 = 22500 k
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Time to descend = 22500/630 = 35.7 hr
Cheers,
Stan H.
Capsule DATA:
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