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10/4/2017 MasteringPhysics: Assignment 1: Motion in 1-D

RunningandWalking

TimandRickbothcanrunatspeedv r andwalkatspeedv w ,withv r > v w .TheysetofftogetheronajourneyofdistanceD.


Rickwalkshalfofthedistanceandrunstheotherhalf.Timwalkshalfofthetimeandrunstheotherhalf.

PartA
HowlongdoesittakeRicktocoverthedistanceD?
ExpressthetimetakenbyRickintermsofv r ,v w ,andD.

Hint1.ComputemidpointforRick
FindthetimethatittakesRicktowalkthefirsthalfofthedistance,thatis,totraveladistanceD/2 atspeedv w .

ANSWER:

D
t w,R =
2vw

Hint2.ComputerunningtimeforRick
NowfindthetimeRickspendsrunning.
ANSWER:

D
t r,R =
2vr

Hint3.Whatequationtouse
Nowjustaddthetwotimesupandyou'redone.

ANSWER:

D D
tR = +
2vw 2vr

AnswerRequested

PartB
FindRick'saveragespeedforcoveringthedistanceD.
ExpressRick'saveragespeedintermsofv r andv w .

Hint1.CalculatespeedusingDandtime
Youweregiventhetotaldistanceandhavecalculatedthetotaltime.Recallthataveragespeedisequaltototal
distancetraveleddividedbytheamountoftimeittooktotravelthisdistance.

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ANSWER:

2vr vw
v ave,R =
vr +vw

AnswerRequested

PartC
HowlongdoesittakeTimtocoverthedistance?
ExpressthetimetakenbyTimintermsofv r ,v w ,andD.

Hint1.Calculateaveragespeed
Timwalksatspeedv w halfthetimeandrunsatspeedv r fortheotherhalf.
FindTim'saveragespeedintermsofgivenquantities.

Hint1.Solvearelatedproblem
Considerarelatedproblem.TimwalksforatimetT /2atspeedv w andrunsforatimetT /2atspeedv r .

FindthetotaldistancehetravelsintimetT intermsofgivenquantitiesandtT .
ANSWER:

vw t T vr t T
dT = +
2 2

ANSWER:

vw +vr
v ave,T =
2

ANSWER:

2D
tT =
vw +vr

AnswerRequested

PartD
WhocoversthedistanceDmorequickly?
Thinklogically,butwithoutusingthedetailedanswersinthepreviousparts.

Hint1.Considertherelativepositionsatthemidpoint
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ImaginethatbothRickandTimdoalloftheirwalkingbeforetheystarttorun.Rickwillstartrunningwhenhehas
coveredhalfofthetotaldistance.WhenTimreacheshalfofthetotaldistance,willhealreadyhavestartedrunning?

ANSWER:

Rick

Tim

Neither.Theycoverthedistanceinthesameamountoftime.

Correct

PartE
Intermsofgivenquantities,bywhatamountoftime,t,doesTimbeatRick?
Itwillhelpyoucheckyouranswerifyousimplifyitalgebraicallyandcheckthespecialcasev r = vw .
Expressthedifferenceintime,tintermsofv r ,v w ,andD.
ANSWER:

2
D(vw vr )
t =
2vr vw (vr +vw )

AnswerRequested

PartF
Inthespecialcasethatv r = vw ,whatwouldbeTim'smarginofvictoryt(v r = vw ) ?

Hint1.Thinkitthrough
Ifv r = vw ,istheanydifferencebetweenwhatTimandRickdo?

ANSWER:

t(v r = v w ) = 0

Correct

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