The formula for the time it takes to travel a distance of d at an average speed v is vd. Tessa ran a 100-meter dash at a speed of about 7.5 meters per second. What calculation will give us the estimated duration of Tessa's dash in seconds? Choose 1 answer: (A) 1007.5(B) 7.5100(C) 100×607.5(D) 7.5100×60
Q. The formula for the time it takes to travel a distance of d at an average speed v is vd. Tessa ran a 100-meter dash at a speed of about 7.5 meters per second. What calculation will give us the estimated duration of Tessa's dash in seconds? Choose 1 answer: (A) 1007.5(B) 7.5100(C) 100×607.5(D) 7.5100×60
Understand the formula: Understand the formula for time.The formula for time is given by time=speeddistance. We need to use this formula to calculate the time it takes Tessa to run a 100-meter dash at a speed of 7.5 meters per second.
Identify correct values: Identify the correct values to use in the formula.Tessa's distance d is 100 meters, and her speed v is 7.5 meters per second. We need to plug these values into the formula to find the time.
Apply values to formula: Apply the values to the formula.Using the formula time=speeddistance, we substitute the given values to get time=7.5meters per second100meters.
Perform the calculation: Perform the calculation.Now we calculate the time by dividing the distance by the speed: time=7.5100=13.333… seconds.
Choose correct answer: Choose the correct answer from the given options.The calculation we performed matches option (B) (100)/(7.5), which is the correct choice for estimating the duration of Tessa's dash in seconds.
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