Physics of Everyday Phenomena
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ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 2, Problem 17E
If a world-class sprinter ran a distance of 100 meters starting at his top speed of 9 m/s and running with constant speed throughout, how long would it take him to cover the distance?
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