In your internship with the Mythbusters, you are helping measure the velocity of
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Question
In your internship with the Mythbusters, you are helping measure the velocity of a frozen turkey shot out of an air cannon. Your high-speed camera shows position of the turkey and the time, the times being measured from the time the turkey leaves the cannon and the position being measured from some unimportant position. Using the video, you measure the position of the turkey to be x = 0.90 m at t = 0.008 sec, and then measure the position of the turkey to be x = 5.65 m at t = 0.071 sec.
Assuming the velocity is constant over this time, what is the turkey’s velocity?
Give your answer in units of m/s.
Explanation / Answer
velocity is defined as rate of change in position
velocity = (x2-x1)/(t2-t1)
v = (5.65-0.9)/(0.071-0.008) = 75.4 m/s <<----answer