Bicyclists in the Tour de France reach speeds of 31.6 miles per hour (mph) on flat...
Bicyclists in the Tour de France reach speeds of 30.5 miles per hour (mi/h) on flat sections of the road. (a) What is this speed in kilometers per hour? km/h (b) What is this speed in meters per second? m/s
A bicyclist in the Tour de France has a speed of 31.0 miles per hour (mi/h) on a flat section of the road. What is this speed in (a) kilometers per hour (km/h), and (b) meters per second (m/s)?
Bicyclists in the Tour de France do enormous amounts of work during a race. For example, the average power per kilogram generated by Lance Armstrong (m = 75.0 kg) is 6.50 W per kilogram of his body mass. (a) How much work does he do during a 178-km race in which his average speed is 11.5 m/s? (b) Often, the work done is expressed in nutritional Calories rather than in joules. Express the work done in part (a) in terms...
You drive through a school zone at 46 km/hr, what was your speed in miles-per-hour? 28.6 mph 15.15 mph 12.2 mph 34.3 mph
JUST CHECKING In the 2004 Tour de France, Lance Armstrong made history by winning the race for an unprec- edented sixth time. In 2005, he became the only 7-time winner and set a new record for the fast- est average speed-41.65 kilometers per hour-that stands to this day. In 2012, he was banned for life for doping offenses, stripped of all of his titles and his records expunged. You can find data on all the Tour de France races in...
The Bugatti Veyron Super Sport has a maximum speed of 268 miles per hour. The engine provides maximum forward force of 12,350 N on the 1900 kg car. Quadratic air resistance dominates, with a drag coecient of .86 kg/m. If the car starts from rest at one end of a 5 km long test track, can it reach a speed of 265 mph before it runs out of road? (Watch your units!).
In the 2004 Tour de France, Lance Armstrong made history by winning the race for an unprecedented sixth time. In 2005, he became the only 7-time winner and set a new record for the fastest average speed – 41.65 kilometers per hour – that stands to this day. In 2012, he was banned for life for doping offenses, stripped of all of his titles and his records expunged. Use the data set ‘Tour de France 2016’ from ‘data sets in...
Professional baseball pitchers can deliver a pitch that can reach the blazing speed of 100 mph (miles per hour). A local team has drafted an up-and-coming left-handed pitcher who can consistently throw at 99.00 mph. Assuming the ball has a mass of 142.8 g and has this speed just before a batter would make contact, how much kinetic energy does the ball have? Kball = _______ From what height would the ball need to be dropped to attain the same energy, neglecting...
Your car gets 25 miles per gallon (mpg at 60 miles per hour (mph) and 18 mpg at 70 mph At what speed should you make a 600-mile trip: a. If gas costs $3 per gallon and your time is worth S12 per hour? b. If gas costs S4 per gallon and your time is worth $15 per hour? allon and your time is worth S10 per hour? d. Build a spreadsheet to calculate the total trip cost for gas...
Indy 500 Qualifier Speeds The speeds in miles per hour of six randomly selected qualifiers for the Indianapolis 500 (in 2012) are listed below. Estimate the mean qualifying speed with 90% confidence. Assume the variable is normally distributed. Use a graphing calculator and round the answers to at least two decimal places. 222.929 226.240 225.172 222.891 226.484 223.684 Send data te Excel Thunderstorm Speeds A meteorologist who sampled 5 thunderstorms found that the average speed at which they traveled across...