A cheetah is the fastest animal and can achieve a peak velocity of 100km h-1 If the cheetah spots its prey at a distance of 100 m what is the time taken for it to catch the prey
Cheetah can run at 100 km/hr Converting into M/s i.e 100 *1000/ 3600 as 1 hour =3600 sec we get 27.7777 m/sec
So now the prey is 100 m far
Dividing 100/27.77
We find that cheetah will reach its prey in 4 seconds
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rishabh444
We know that 1 km/hr=5/18 m/sec so , 100 km/hr=100x5/18 m/sec =27.78 m/sec as we know .,,, speed= distance/time or , time=dist/speed =100/27.78 sec =3.59 sec answer
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Hi,Cheetah can run at 100 km/hr
Converting into M/s i.e 100 *1000/ 3600 as 1 hour =3600 sec
we get 27.7777 m/sec
So now the prey is 100 m far
Dividing 100/27.77
We find that cheetah will reach its prey in 4 seconds
1 km/hr=5/18 m/sec
so , 100 km/hr=100x5/18 m/sec
=27.78 m/sec
as we know .,,,
speed= distance/time
or , time=dist/speed
=100/27.78 sec
=3.59 sec answer