Answer:
Top speed is 31.68 m/s
Explanation:
Speed of a body is the distance traveled by the body in unit time.
Speed is generally expressed in meter per second or kilometer per hour.
Here, the cheetah travels a distance of 274 m in 8.65 s.
Therefore, speed of cheetah is the distance traveled by it in one second.
For 8.65 s, distance traveled is 274 m
For 1 s, distance traveled will be [tex]\frac{274}{8.65}[/tex] meters per second. This value is called speed.
So, speed is given as the ratio of the distance traveled to that of the time taken.
∴ Top speed of cheetah is given as:
[tex]v_{max}=\frac{274}{8.65}=31.68 \textrm{ m/s}[/tex]
Here, [tex]v_{max}[/tex] is the top speed of cheetah.
