Nerve impulses typically travel through the body at about 150 miles/hour. Imagine dropping a brick from one meter onto your big toe. Compare the time it takes for the brick to fall with the time it takes for the signal to get from your toe to your brain. Assume you are 1 meter tall.( take g = 9.8m/s2)

Q: A space probe on the surface of Mars sends a radio signal back to the Earth, a distance of…

A: Given data: The distance between Mars and Earth d = 7.86×107 km speed of light v =3×108 m/s

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A: Given data, Speed of the car for first 12 minutes = 16 kph Speed of the car for next 20 minutes = 40…

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Q: An object is dropped on Earth (g = 10m/s/s).  How fast will it be going after 3 seconds?

A: Given:- An object is dropped on Earth and having acceleration due to gravity is 10 ms2 To…

Q: Far in space, where gravity is negligible, a 425 kg rocket traveling at 95 m/s fires its engines.…

A: Far in space, where gravity is negligible,Mass of rocket M =  425 kgVelocity of rocket =95 m/sAlso…

Q: The rate of blood flow through a major artery is plotted over a single heart beat. If the…

A: Given The time period of 1 beat is T=0.30 s. heartbeat is the frequency of the wave formed by the…

Q: E. coli cell in 1/10 of a second. If the length of an E. coli cell is 1500 nm, how fast does the…

A: The objective of the question is to find out the speed of a water molecule in miles per hour (mph)…

Q: Electrons in the picture tube of an old-style television travel at 1.25 × 108 m/s. At this speed,…

A: Speed of electron "v"= 1.25× 10^⁸ m/s . Distance travel "d"= 11.5 Inches = 0.2921m

Q: Suppose the caravan of 10 cars begins immediately in front of the first toll booth, travels 20 km to…

A: To calculate the total end-to-end delay, we need to know the delay at each toll booth. If we assume…

Q: You start out by driving 148 miles north in 2 hours and 34 minutes, and then you stop and park for a…

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Q: Approximately how long would it take a telephone signal to Travel 480 km ( 1km= 1000m) from earth to…

A: (given)  A telephone signal to travel  from the Earth= 480 km = 480000 m nearly with speed of light…

Q: The maximum speed in TPLEX is 100. km/H. What is this speed in meter per second (m/s) a 27.8 m/s b…

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Q: A red train traveling at 72 miles/hour (mph) and a green train traveling at 100 mph are headed…

A: Given information: The speed of the red train (Vr) = 72 mph we know that:1 mile = 1609 m1 mile/hr =…

Q: How to make space mean speed become speed (kph)?

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Q: I was born in Colorado and 40 years later I live in New Jersey, 1800 miles away. My sister was born…

A: Therefore average speed= total distance travelled/total time

Q: You start out by driving 153 miles north in 4 hours and 38 minutes, and then you stop and park for a…

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Q: You drop a ball off of a building, In 1 second, it is falling at 4.9 m/s. In two seconds, it is…

A: The velocity of the ball at different instant of time is given and we need to find out the relation…

Q: A cylindrical container is being filled with water at a rate of 10π cubic meters per minute. The…

A: As per guidelines only first question is solved here. Given,Radius of the base, r = 20 mHeight of…

Q: You start out by driving 293 miles north in 4 hours and 58 minutes, and then you stop and park for a…

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Q: You get pulled over for running a red light. $500 fine. When you get to court, you explain that it…

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Q: Suppose you're watching the deconstruction of a bridge. It's blown up and the sound of the explosion…

A: Write the given values with suitable variables. t=3 sv=344 m/s Here, t is the time and v is the…

Q: An old commuter train travels a distance of 100 km from Union Station to Berkeley’s Crossing in the…

A: To determine,part ahow many hours does the trip take(t).given,speed(v)=45 mphdistance(d)=100…

Q: Electrons in the picture tube of an old-style television travel at 1.25 x 108 m/s. At this speed,…

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Q: An electron enters a region of L=1m with an initial velocity of v=1,5,105 m/s and is electrically…

A: Given, L = 1m. Initial Velocity (v) = 1.50×105 m/s. After acceleration(a), the electron moves out of…

Q: х (m) 100F 80 D B C 40 20 t (s) 60 10 20 30 40 50 A, 60

A: The graph of distance travelled with time is linear till t = 10 s. Therefore the equation of the…

Q: A train is 350 meters long goes through a tunnel that is 2.52 kilometers long how long does the…

A: Given in question: Length of tunnel(L) = 2.52 Km = 2520 m                                 Length of…

Q: Is 3 m/s is greater than 2.9 m/s²? What is the explanation for this?

A: what is asked:- Is 3 m/s is greater than 2.9 m/s²

Q: Our Galaxy is about 100,000 light-years across. If you could travel at half of the speed of light,…

A: Given  Our Galaxy is about 100,000 light-years across.  Speed with we travel is equal to half of the…

Q: An object has a velocity given by i = (5.0 – 12j) m. How fast, and in what direction is the object…

A: Given velocity is v=5i^-12j^

Q: 1. A football player runs 15 meters to the left and it takes 4 seconds. Determine his average speed.…

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Q: How much time did you spend parked?

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Q: A boy travels with a speed of 10 ms

A: Given Speed of boy=10 ms-1Time Taken=30 min

Q: Assume your hair grows at a rate of 1/44th of an inch per day. How fast is that in nm/s (nanometers…

A: Relation between units of length: 1 inch =2.54×107 nm units of time: 1 day=24×3600 s Grow rate of…

Q: 2. A man decided to ride his car at 10 kph for the first 5 seconds. He then accelerates at 1 m/s?…

A: Equations of motion are 1. V = u + at 2. S = ut + (1/2 )at2 3. V2 = u2 + 2as

Q: A red train traveling at 72 miles/hour (mph) and a green train traveling at 100 mph are headed…

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Q: At noon, Fred is driving south on Highway 1, 50 miles north of its intersection with Highway 2. He…

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Q: DATA SHEET # 1 Table 1 Constant Acceleration Data Spark Tape Point Number Distance between Velocity…

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Q: The speed of light is about 3 x 10³ meters per second. The Millennium Falcon is traveling from Earth…

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Distance and Speed

The speed, distance and time relation forms the basis of study of motion. You will need these concepts in the study of Mechanics. This concept is applicable for students who are studying the following courses –