A baseball player is dashing toward home plate with a speed of 3.8 m/s when she decides to hit the dirt. She slides for 1.3 s, just reaching the plate as she stops (safe, of course).

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Jermaine Case

Physics

27 June, 09:24

A baseball player is dashing toward home plate with a speed of 3.8 m/s when she decides to hit the dirt. She slides for 1.3 s, just reaching the plate as she stops (safe, of course).

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Perkins · Answer 1

The answer is 2.47 meters.

Explanation:

V = 3.8 m/s

Δt = 1.3s

vf = 0

it is asked to find S and a,

a = vf - vi : t

a = 0 - 3.8 : 1.3

a = 2.92 m/s²

S = vf + vi : 2 x t

= (3.8 : 2) x 1.3

= 2.47 meters.