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kza62
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1. Homework Statement
Shawn and his bike have a total mass of 43.5 kg. Shawn rides his bike 1.3 km in 10.4 min at a constant velocity.
The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s^2
What is Shawn's kinetic energy?
2. Homework Equations
F = ma
Ff = u * Fn
Fn = mg
avgV = x/t
x = 1/2(Vf + Vi)t
3. The Attempt at a Solution
ok so I converted km to m and min to s:
x = 1300m
t = 624s
and then i used avgV = x/t so avgV = ~2.08333 m/s
i have no idea what kinetic energy is, this hasn't been covered in class yet but I wanted to get ahead because I think I am coming down with the flu. The answer to the problem is supposed to be 94.4014 J but I have no idea how to set this problem up to get this. Please help me! Thanks.
Shawn and his bike have a total mass of 43.5 kg. Shawn rides his bike 1.3 km in 10.4 min at a constant velocity.
The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s^2
What is Shawn's kinetic energy?
2. Homework Equations
F = ma
Ff = u * Fn
Fn = mg
avgV = x/t
x = 1/2(Vf + Vi)t
3. The Attempt at a Solution
ok so I converted km to m and min to s:
x = 1300m
t = 624s
and then i used avgV = x/t so avgV = ~2.08333 m/s
i have no idea what kinetic energy is, this hasn't been covered in class yet but I wanted to get ahead because I think I am coming down with the flu. The answer to the problem is supposed to be 94.4014 J but I have no idea how to set this problem up to get this. Please help me! Thanks.