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11 September, 05:31

Calculate the final speed of a 110-kg rugby player who is initially running at 8.00 m/s but collides head-on with a padded goalpost and experiences a backward force of 1.76*104 n for 5.50*10-2 s.

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  1. 11 September, 05:59
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    The answer is - 0.8 m/s. We know acceleration is the average of final minus initial velocity over time (a = (vf-v0) / t). We also know that Force is equal to Mass times Acceleration (F = ma). Using our force equation, we know that the acceleration we get is negative 8.8 (-8.8). The force is acting in the opposite direction of the rugby player, hence the negative sign. From there, plug in that number for a in the velocity equation, and solve for vf, as v0 and t are known. We get 0.8 m/s in the opposite direction that the player was running.
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