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Chapter 7 Problem 10

Question

Problem 10PE

(a) How fast must a 3000-kg elephant move to have the same kinetic energy as a 65.0-kg sprinter running at 10.0 m/ s? (b) Discuss how the larger energies needed for the movement of larger animals would relate to metabolic rates.

Solution

Solution to 10PE

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We have to compute the velocity of the elephant so that it will have same kinetic energy as that of a sprinter who is sprinting at . We are also asked to comment on the metabolic rates of larger animals.

Given data:

Mass of the sprinter is

Velocity of the sprinter is

Mass of the elephant is

We know that the kinetic energy of an object of mass  moving at a velocity of  is given by,

 is the kinetic energy

 is the mass

 is the velocity

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Title College Physics  1 
Author Paul Peter Urone, Roger Hinrichs
ISBN 9781938168000

(a) How fast must a 3000-kg elephant move to have the same

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