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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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One simple model for a person running the 100 mm dash is to assume the sprinter runs with constant acceleration until reaching top speed, then maintains that speed through the finish line.

If a sprinter reaches his top speed of 11.1 m/sm/s in 2.64 ss , what will be his total time?

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Given data:

Distance covered by person in sprinter run is, $d = 100 m$ .

Highest speed of sprinter is, $v = 11.1 m / s$ .

Time interval corresponding to highest speed is, $t = 2.64 s$ .

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