Question

A baseball travels a distance of 20 meter at a speed of 25m/s. How much time did it take?

Answer 1

The baseball takes 0.8 s to travel a distance of 20 m at a speed of 25 m/s.

Step-by-step explanation:

It is known that speed is the rate at which any object covers a particular distance.

So
`speed =\frac{\text { distance }}{\text { time }}`

Hence, it is known that speed is directly proportional to distance covered and inversely proportionate to the time taken to cover this distance.

Similarly, the time taken by any object to cover a distance is directly proportionate to the distance and inversely proportionate to the velocity of the object.

As the distance is given as 20 m and speed is given as 25 m/s, then the time can be easily obtained by finding the ratio of distance to speed.

Here,

`\text { Time }=\frac{\text {distance}}{\text {speed}}=(20)/(25)=0.8 \mathrm{s}`

Thus, the baseball takes 0.8 s to travel a distance of 20 m at a speed of 25 m/s.