How Fast and Powerful Was the T Rex?

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Homework Statement



calculate speed and momentum of T REX. Time between footprints is 0.62s - there are 2 footprints in a 10m distance, speed is constant - I need to show that the maximum speed is about 8ms-1 - how to I go about doing this? Help I have no idea
Its mass is 7000kg.

Homework Equations



v=u+at


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8ms-1 = 0 + at but time is what time between footprints is only known time?
 
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They tell you that the speed is constant. Knowing this, can you use the time given and the distances given to find v? What formulas for v apply when v is constant?