Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 3 - Vectors in Physics - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 79: 52

Answer

$90s$

Work Step by Step

First of all, determine your velocity relative to the walkway: $\vec{v_{yw}}=\frac{\Delta x}{\Delta t}\hat x=(\frac{-85m}{68s})\hat x=(-1.3\frac{m}{s})\hat x$ Now find your velocity relative to the ground: $\vec{v_{yg}}=\vec{v_{yw}}+\vec{v_{wg}}$ Where $\vec{v_{yg}},\vec{v_{yw}},\vec{v_{wg}}$ represent your velocity relative to ground, relative to walkway, and walkway relative to ground, respectively. We plug in the known values to obtain: $\vec{yg}=(-1.3\frac{m}{s})\hat x+(2.2\frac{m}{s})\hat x=(0.9\frac{m}{s})\hat x$ Now we can find the required time $t=\frac{\Delta x}{v_{yg}}$ $\implies t=\frac{85}{0.9}$ $t=90s$
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