Physics (10th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1118486897
ISBN 13: 978-1-11848-689-4

Chapter 2 - Kinematics in One Dimension - Problems - Page 52: 83

Answer

73 s

Work Step by Step

Let's take, The average speed of the trip = $V$ Speed of the golf cart = $V_{1}$ Speed by walk = $V_{2}$ Distance by golf cart = $x_{1}$ Distance by walk = $x_{2}$ Time that the golfer rides in the golf cart = $t_{1}$ Time that the golfer walks = $t_{2}$ We can write, The average speed $V=\frac{x_{1}+x_{2}}{t_{1}+t_{2}}=\gt t_{2}=\frac{x_{1}+x_{2}}{V}-t_{1}-(1)$ We can get, $x_{1}=V_{1}t_{1}-(2)$ $x_{2}=V_{2}t_{2}-(3)$ (1),(2)=>(3), $t_{2}=\frac{=V_{1}t_{1}+V_{2}t_{2}}{V}-t_{1}$ $t_{2}=\frac{V_{1}t_{1}-Vt_{1}}{V-V_{2}}$ ; Let's plug known values into this equation. $t_{2}=\frac{3.1\space m/s\times28\space s-1.8\space m/s\times28\space s}{1.8\space m/s-1.3\space m/s}=73\space s$ Time that the golfer walks = 73 s
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