• gordon
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    32 months ago

    To trick you.

    Now if the question had been something like:

    the boy starts out running at a speed of 5ft/s then slows to 2.5ft/s over the next 5 seconds…

    Then you’d need differential equations or whatever the class is, and you’d have to use more than just basic trig, but as written, it’s just basic trig and the time is irrelevant.

    • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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      12 months ago

      The time matters because the angle is changing and with it the relative velocity.

        • SatansMaggotyCumFart
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          22 months ago

          I just drew a picture and you’re right, the triangle has the same angles, the sides just get longer.

          • @workerONE
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            2 months ago

            But the speed they are moving apart from each other is increasing. Edit: IDK LOL but if you drew it as a triangle the long side would be getting longer and longer, in the first second it might grow a little bit but after some time in one second it would grow a lot. If you need anymore physics questions examined please let me know