Calculating Average Kinetic Energy of a Running Boy

[lingling]

Homework Statement

A boy of 60 kgtakes 5 s to run up the slope in the diagram. (Please refer to the attachment) What is his average kinetic energy?

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The Attempt at a Solution

I don't know the meaning of 'average' kinetic energy. Is this mean kinetic energy per unit time (per second)? How can I calculate it without knowing the velocity of the boy?

 

[Hootenanny]

His average kinetic energy is the energy corresponding to his average speed

 

[lingling]

How can I know the kinetic energy of the boy without knowing the speed?
My stupid thought was that to use the increase in gravitational potential energy of the boy but I can't get the answer. Why?

 

[Ki Man]

KE=1/2mv^2

average kintetic energy would come from his average velocity. notice how the distance he went is expressed as a right triangle

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[pythagorean theorum tells us the distance he ran was 5 meters and we're given he ran it in 5 seconds, so average velocity is 1 m/s. 1^2 is still 1, and m is 60 so divide it by two and you get 30 N]

 

[Doc Al]

How can I know the kinetic energy of the boy without knowing the speed?

Assume that he runs up at a constant speed. (Since KE is proportional to speed squared, I think this is an ill-posed problem.)