What was Dan’s final velocity at this time?

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The discussion revolves around a physics problem involving kinematics, specifically calculating final velocity and acceleration. The original poster presents a scenario where Dan runs a distance of 60 meters in 8 seconds, starting from rest.

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  • Participants explore calculations for final velocity and acceleration, with some providing their own methods and results. Questions arise regarding the correctness of these calculations and the assumptions made about constant acceleration.

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Several participants have offered feedback on the calculations presented, with some indicating that the approaches taken for part b seem reasonable. There is ongoing exploration of the methods used for part a, with suggestions to align it with the reasoning applied in part b.

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Dan starts from rest and started running for a distance of 6.0 x 10(power of 1) m in 8 s. [4 Marks]

a) What was Dan’s final velocity at this time?
6*10 = 60 -> 60/8 = 7.5
7.5m/s <-- is this right?

b) What was the acceleration of Dan?

7.5-0 divided by 8 = 0.9375
so 0.9375m/s squared

is question a and b right?... Can anyone please help me...
 
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Can anyone help me with this too please? thanks T.T
 
anyone...
 
11. a) 60m in 8 sec -> 7.5 m/s
b)d=60m t= 8 v(I)= 0

60m= 32a -> a= 60/32

acceleration -> 1.875 m/s squared

is it right?
 
(b) seems fine.. (assuming constant acceleration)
why don't you try for (a) in a similar fashion!
 
I think you had it right the first time for part b, part a looks fine. What is acceleration? Change in velocity over change in time right?
 
thankyou everybody
 

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