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Larry leaves home at 9:05 and runs at a constant speed to the lamp post seen in FIGURE EX2.3. He reaches the lamppost at 9:07, immediately turns, and runs to the tree. Larry arrives at the tree at 9:10. a. What is Larry’s average velocity, in m/min, during each of these two intervals? b. What is Larry’s average velocity for the entire run?

Short Answer

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(a) The average velocity of Person L in the first interval is 200m/minand in the second interval is localid="1648452512743" -333.3m/min.

(b) Average velocity of Person L for an entire run is localid="1648452495851" -120m/min.

Step by step solution

01

Given information

Time taken by Person L to travel between house to a lamp post is t1=9:07-9:05=2min

Displacement from house to a lamp post is x1=600-200=400m. Here displacement towards the left is considered positive.

Time taken by Person L to travel from lamp post to tree is t2=9:10-9:07=3min

Displacement from the lamp post to the tree is localid="1648452223669" x2=-(1200-200)=-1000m

02

Part (a)

Average velocity is given by

Average velocity =Totaldisplacementtotaltimetaken

Consider the first interval, that is, from house to lamp post

The average velocity of person L is

v1=x1t1=4002=200m/min

Therefore, the average velocity of Person L in the first interval is 200m/min.

Consider a second interval, that is, from lamp post to the tree

The average velocity of Person L is

localid="1648452295972" v2=x2t2=-10003=-333.3m/min

Therefore, the average velocity of Person L in the second interval islocalid="1648452322743" role="math" -333.3m/min.

03

Part (b

The total displacement traveled is

x=x1+x2=400-1000=-600m

The total time taken is

t=t1+t2=2+3=5min

The average velocity of Person L for the entire run is

localid="1648452438534" v=xt=-6005=-120m/min

Therefore, the average velocity of the person L for the entire run is localid="1648452465548" -120m/min.

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