Question

In 17.2 seconds, a shopping cart is pushed 15.6 meters towards the west. What is the velocity of the cart? A. 1.6 m/s East B. 0.9 m/s West C. 1.1 m/s West D. 1.6 m/s West c

Answer 1

We have that:

`\text{velocity}=\frac{\text{distance}}{\text{time}}`

then, in this case, we have:

`\begin{gathered} d=15.6m \\ t=17.2s \\ v=(d)/(t) \\ \Rightarrow v=(15.6m)/(17.2s)=0.90(m)/(s) \\ v=0.9(m)/(s) \end{gathered}`

therefore, the velocity of the cart is 0.9 meters per second.