Question 10 - Problems - Chapter 2¶

Problem:¶

In the open ocean, dolphins sometimes travel 110 km per day, and in short bursts, the can attain speeds of 32 km/h.

Question:¶

a) Express the average speed in m/s?

b) Express the burst speed in m/s?

Solution:¶

Time $t = 24$ hours

Distance $s = 110$ km

Average speed $v = \frac{s}{t}$

Burst speed = $v_{burst} = 32$ km/h

In [1]:

Distance = 110 * 1000 # in m
Time = 24 * 3600  # in s
Avg_Speed = Distance / Time
Burst_Speed = 32 / 3.6 # in m/s
print(f'The average speed is {Avg_Speed:.1f} m/s.')
print(f'The burst speed is {Burst_Speed:.1f} m/s.')

The average speed is 1.3 m/s.
The burst speed is 8.9 m/s.

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Surah Fussilat: Thereafter turned He to the heaven and it was as smoke, and said Unto it and Unto the earth: come ye twain, willingly or loth. They said: we come willingly. (11) Then He decreed them as seven heavens in two days, and revealed Unto each heaven the command thereof; and We bedecked the nether heaven with lamps and placed therein a guard. That is the ordinance of the Mighty, the Knower. (12)

De hemelen en aarde (waren) een samenhangende massa. Wij hebben ze toen van elkaar gescheiden… Wij hebben de hemel tot een beschermend dak gemaakt … en de dag en de nacht, de zon en de maan geschapen. (Koran 41 11:12)