Question

Speed and Motion you went from the starting line to the finish line at different rates. If you repeated the activity while carrying weights but keeping your times the same, how would your kinetic energy be affected?

Answer 1

It will cause kinetic energy to increase.

Step-by-step explanation:

Given that Speed and Motion you went from the starting line to the finish line at different rates.

If you repeated the activity while carrying weights but keeping your times the same, the weight carried will add up to the mass of the body.

And since Kinetic energy K.E = 1/2mv^2

Increase in the mass of the body will definitely make the kinetic energy of the body to increase.

Since the time is the same, that means the speed V is the same.

Weight W = mg

m = W/g

The new kinetic energy will be:

K.E = 1/2(M + m)v^2

This means that there will be increase in kinetic energy.