Question
Fence posts around a pasture are 2.5 m apart. A goat starts running west beside the fence. When it passes the fifth post, 9.0 s have elapsed. It passes the eleventh post at 11.5 s. What is the goat’s average velocity?
Answers
PsyDAG
It would help if you proofread your questions before you posted them.
If the goat is starting at post #1, there is 2.5m * 4 to the 5th post = 10m.
Velocity = 10m/9s = ?
From 5th to 11th post = 2.5m * 6 = 15 m
Velocity = 15m/11.5s = ??
Average velocity = (? + ??)/2 = ???
If the goat is starting at post #1, there is 2.5m * 4 to the 5th post = 10m.
Velocity = 10m/9s = ?
From 5th to 11th post = 2.5m * 6 = 15 m
Velocity = 15m/11.5s = ??
Average velocity = (? + ??)/2 = ???