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MasteringPhysics - Assignment 7 - Motion in 1-D

Tim and Rick travel a distance D, with Tim walking half the time at speed vw and running half the time at speed vr, while Rick walks half the distance at speed vw and runs the other half at speed vr. The time it takes Rick to cover the distance D is expressed as D/(2vw) + D/(2vr). Rick's average speed is expressed as (2vrvw)/(vr + vw). The time it takes Tim to cover the distance D is expressed as 2D/(vw + vr). Tim covers the distance more quickly than Rick. The difference in time, Δt, that Tim beats Rick is expressed as D(vw - vr)2/(

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MasteringPhysics - Assignment 7 - Motion in 1-D

Tim and Rick travel a distance D, with Tim walking half the time at speed vw and running half the time at speed vr, while Rick walks half the distance at speed vw and runs the other half at speed vr. The time it takes Rick to cover the distance D is expressed as D/(2vw) + D/(2vr). Rick's average speed is expressed as (2vrvw)/(vr + vw). The time it takes Tim to cover the distance D is expressed as 2D/(vw + vr). Tim covers the distance more quickly than Rick. The difference in time, Δt, that Tim beats Rick is expressed as D(vw - vr)2/(

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