A bicyclist moving at a constant speed takes 10.0 seconds to travel 500 meters down a path inclined 30.0° downward from the horizontal. What is the vertical velocity of this motion?

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Leah

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20 January, 22:24

A bicyclist moving at a constant speed takes 10.0 seconds to travel 500 meters down a path inclined 30.0° downward from the horizontal. What is the vertical velocity of this motion?

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Taylor Kirby · Answer 1

Inclined Component of the bicyclist's velocity:

Vi = 500/10 = 50 m/s

Vertical Component of the bicyclist's velocity:

(This is simply the cosine of the Vc)

Vv = 50Sin30 = 25 m/s

The vertical velocity is 25 meters per second.