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The wings on a stonefly do not flap, and thus the insect cannot fly. However, when the insect is on a water surface, it can sail across the surface by lifting its wings into a breeze. Suppose that you time stoneflies as they move at constant speed along a straight path of a certain length. On average, the trips each take7.1swith the wings set as sails and 25.0swith the wings tucked in. (a) What is the ratio of the sailing speed vsto the non-sailing speed localid="1654754209433" vns? (b) In terms oflocalid="1654754226410" vs, what is the difference in the times the insects take to travel the first2.0malong the path with and without sailing?

Short Answer

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(a)The ratio of the sailing speed vsto the non-sailing speed vnsis 3.52.

(b)The difference in the times to travel for the first 2 meters along the path with sailing and without sailing is5.04/vs

Step by step solution

01

Given data

Time duration for the sailing,ts=7.1s

Time duration for the non-sailing,tns=25.0s

02

Understanding the average speed

Average speed can be found by dividing the total distance by the total time. In this case, the total distance traveled by the stoneflies would be the same in both cases.

The expression for the average speed is given as follows:

vavg=xt … (i)

Here,xis the total distance and tis the total time.

03

(a) Determination of the ratio of sailing to non-sailing speeds

Since, total distance is same in both the cases therefore from equation (i),

vsvns=xts×tnsx=tnsts

Substitute the values in the above expression.

vsvns=25.0s7.1s=3.52

Thus, the ratio of the sailing speed vsto the non-sailing speedvnsof stoneflies is3.52.

04

(b) Determination of the difference in time in the two cases

The relation between sailing speed and non-sailing speed is,

vns=vs3.52

Time for traveling 2 m with sailing,ts=2vs

Time for traveling 2 m without sailing,ts=2vns

Difference between the times would be,

∆t=tns-ts=2vns-2vs=2×3.52vn-2vn=5.04vn

Thus, the difference between the time for travel2mwith sailing and without sailing is5.04/vs.

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