Blythe and Geoff compete in a 1.00-km race. Blythe's strategy is to run the first 600 m of the race at a constant speed of 4.10 m/s, and then accelerate to her maximum speed of 7.40 m/s, which takes her 1.00 min, and then finish the race at that speed. Geoff decides to accelerate to his maximum speed of 8.40 m/s at the start of the race and to maintain that speed throughout the rest of the race. It takes Geoff 3.00 min to reach his maximum speed. Assume all accelerations are constant.

a. Calculate the time of Blythe's run. (Express your answer to three significant figures.)
b. Calculate the time of Geoff s run. (Express your answer to three significant figures.)

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Answer:

a. [tex]t_b=213.774\ s[/tex]

b. [tex]t_g=209.0476\ s[/tex]

Explanation:

Given:

  • total distance to be covered, [tex]d=1000\ m[/tex]
  • distance covered by Blythe in the first span of the race, [tex]s_{b1}=600\ m[/tex]
  • speed of Blythe in the first stage, [tex]v_{b1}=4.1\ m.s^{-1}[/tex]
  • time of acceleration of Blythe, [tex]t_{ab}=60\ s[/tex]
  • maximum velocity after acceleration of Blythe, [tex]v_{b2}=7.4\ m.s^{-1}[/tex]
  • initial speed of Geoff, [tex]v_{g1}=0\ m.s^{-1}[/tex]
  • maximum speed of Geoff, [tex]v_{g2}=8.4\ m.s^{-1}[/tex]
  • time taken to reach the maximum speed of Geoff, [tex]t_{ag}=180\ s[/tex]

Acceleration of Blythe:

Since acceleration is the rate of change in velocity.

[tex]a_b=\frac{v_{b2}-v_{b1}}{t_{ab}}[/tex]

[tex]a_b=\frac{7.4-4.1}{60}[/tex]

[tex]a_b=0.055\ m.s^{-2}[/tex]

Distance covered during the acceleration:

[tex]s_{ab}=v_{b1}.t_{ab}+\frac{1}{2} a.(t_{ab})^2[/tex]

[tex]s_{ab}=4.1\times 60+0.5\times 0.055\times 60^2[/tex]

[tex]s_{ab}=345\ m[/tex]

Now the remaining distance:

[tex]\Delta d=d-(s_{b1}+s_{ab})[/tex]

[tex]\Delta d=100-(600+345)[/tex]

[tex]\Delta d=55\ m[/tex]

Time of Blythe's run:

[tex]\rm time=\frac{distance}{speed}[/tex]

[tex]t_b=\frac{s_{b1}}{v_{b1}} +s_{ab}+\frac{\Delta d}{v_{b2}}[/tex]

[tex]t_b=\frac{600}{4.1} +60+\frac{55}{7.4}[/tex]

[tex]t_b=213.774\ s[/tex]

b.

Acceleration of Geoff:

[tex]a_g=\frac{v_{g2}-v_{g1}}{t_{ag}}[/tex]

[tex]a_g=\frac{8.4-0}{180}[/tex]

[tex]a_g=0.047\ m.s^{-2}[/tex]

distance covered by Geoff while acceleration:

[tex]s_{ag}=v_{g1}.t_{ag}+\frac{1}{2}.a_g.(t_{ag} )^2[/tex]

[tex]s_{ag}=0+0.5\times 0.047\times 180^2[/tex]

[tex]s_{ag}=756\ m[/tex]

Now the remaining distance:

[tex]\Delta d_g=d-s_{ag}[/tex]

[tex]\Delta d_g=1000-756[/tex]

[tex]\Delta d_g=244\ m.s^{-1}[/tex]

Total time taken to complete the race:

[tex]t_g=t_{ag}+\frac{\Delta d_g}{v_{g2}}[/tex]

[tex]t_g=180+29.0476[/tex]

[tex]t_g=209.0476\ s[/tex]

Acceleration is the ratio of the change of the velocity to the time.

  • The time of Blythe's run is 211 seconds.
  • The time of Geoff's run is 209 seconds.

What is acceleration?

Acceleration is the ratio of the change of the velocity to the time.

Given information-

Blythe and Geoff compete in a 1.00-km race.

Blythe runs first 600 m with constant speed 4.10 m/s.

Blythe accelerated to her maximum speed of 7.40 m/s, to complete the race in 1 min.

  • a. Calculate the time of Blythe's run.

Acceleration is the ratio of change of velocity to the time. Thus the acceleration of Blythe's is,

[tex]a=\dfrac{7.40-4.10}{60}\\a=0.055 \rm m/s^2[/tex]

The distance traveled in the 1 minute when he accelerated her speed is,

[tex]s=v\times t+\dfrac{1}{2} at^2\\s=4.1\times60+\dfrac{1}{2} 0.055\times60^2\\\\s=345\rm m[/tex]

As the total distance was 1000 m thus the distance remained is,

[tex]d=1000-600-345\\d=55[/tex]

As the time is the ratio of distance to the speed . thus,

[tex]t=\dfrac{600}{4.1} +\dfrac{345}{7.4} +60\\t=146.34+4.6621+60\\t=211[/tex]

Thus the time of Blythe's run is 211 seconds.

  • b. Calculate the time of Geoff's run.

Acceleration is the ratio of change of velocity to the time. Thus the acceleration of Geoff's is,

[tex]a=\dfrac{8.4-0}{180}\\a=0.047 \rm m/s^2[/tex]

The distance traveled Geoff's while accelerated his speed is,

[tex]s=v\times t+\dfrac{1}{2} at^2\\s=0+\dfrac{1}{2} 0.047\times180^2\\\\s=756\rm m[/tex]

As the total distance was 1000 m thus the distance remained is,

[tex]d=1000-600-756\\d=244[/tex]

As the time is the ratio of distance to the speed. thus,

[tex]t=180 +\dfrac{244}{8.4} +60\\t=209[/tex]

Thus the time of Geoff's is 209 seconds.

Hence,

  • The time of Blythe's run is 211 seconds.
  • The time of Geoff's run is 209 seconds.

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