police estimate the speed a car has been travelling by using the length of the skid marks. A formula used for this purpose is v=-7+8.2square root d, d>0, where v is the speed in kilometres per hour, and d is the length of the skid marks, in metres.
a: Solve formula for d
b: For a car braking from a speed of 90km/h, what are the length of the skid marks to the nearest metre.
c: What would be the speed of the car, to the nearest kilometre per hour that would have created 150 skid marks?
6 years ago
Answered By Majid B
a)
$v=\left(-7\right)+8.2\times\sqrt{d}$v=(−7)+8.2×√d => $\frac{\left(v+7\right)}{8.2}=\sqrt{d}$(v+7)8.2 =√d => $d=\frac{\left(v+7\right)^2}{67.24}$d=(v+7)267.24
b)
$v=90$v=90 km/h => $d=\frac{\left(90+7\right)^2}{67.24}=\frac{97^2}{67.24}=140$d=(90+7)267.24 =97267.24 =140 m
c)
$d=$d= 150 m => $v=-7+8.2\times\sqrt{150}$v=−7+8.2×√150 => $v=93$v=93 km/h
6 years ago
Answered By Sophia E
a) First, you want to manipulate the given formula so that you can find d by itself. You might have learned that when you manipulate formulas to get a different variable y itself, you need to consider BEDMAS going backwards (SAMDEB).
$v=-7+8.2\sqrt{d}$v=−7+8.2√d
→ $v+7=8.2\sqrt{d}$v+7=8.2√d
→ $\frac{v+7}{8.2}=\sqrt{d}$v+78.2 =√d
→ $d=\frac{\left(v+7\right)^2}{67.24}$d=(v+7)267.24
b) Using the formula you mainpulated in part a), this part is straightforward as you plug in $v=90$v=90 km/h.
→ $d=\frac{\left(90+7\right)^2}{67.24}=\frac{97^2}{67.24}=139.9315883\approx140$d=(90+7)267.24 =97267.24 =139.9315883≈140 m
Since $d>0$d>0, then $140>0$140>0, which saisfies the condition given in the question.
c) Going back to the original equation, let $d=150$d=150.
$v=-7+8.2\sqrt{150}$v=−7+8.2√150
→ $v=-7+8.2\left(12.2474487\right)$v=−7+8.2(12.2474487)
→ $v=-7+100.42907945$v=−7+100.42907945
→ $v=93.429074945$v=93.429074945 km/h
→ $v\approx93$v≈93 km/h
Note: I would not suggest rounding these very long decimals that your calculator has until *after* you reach your fnal answer. If your teacher has mentioned this, then that's great!
Hope this helps!