Question

You go on American Eagle at Six Flags. The highest drop is 44.8 meters tall. It takes you 1.49 seconds to make that drop. How fast did you go?

Answer 1

Given parameters:

Height = 44.8m

Time to drop = 1.49s

Unknown:

Speed of drop = ?

Solution:

The is a speed problem.

Speed is one of the physical quantities. It is designated a scalar because it has magnitude but no directional orientation.

Speed is the distance divided by time.

In this problem distance is the same as the height of the drop.

Mathematically;

Speed =
`(distance)/(time)`

So, input the parameters and solve;

Speed =
`(44.8)/(1.49)` = 30.1m/s

The drop recorded a speed of 30.1m/s