Question

Your friend just challenged you to a race. You know in order to beat him, you must run 50 meters within 60 seconds in an eastern direction.

What does your average velocity need to be to win the race? (2 points)

.5 meters per second, east

Ob

.83 meters per second, east

1.2 meters per second, east

Od

3000 meters per second, east

Answer 1

0.83 m/s

Explanation:

Given that Your friend just challenged you to a race.

Since you know that in order to beat him, you must run 50 meters within 60 seconds in an eastern direction.

The average velocity that is needed to win the race will be :

Average velocity = displacement/time

The displacement = 50

Time = 60 seconds

Substitute displacement and time into the formula

Average velocity = 50/60

Average velocity = 0.83 m/s

Therefore, your average velocity that is needed to win the race is 0.83 m/s

In east direction.