An athlete in the olympic games covers a distance of 100 m in 10 s. His kinetic energy can be estimated to be in the range
- (A)
- (B)
- (C)
- (D)✓ Correct
Answer: (D)
Solution
This is an order-of-magnitude estimate. A sprinter covering in runs at about , and a reasonable body mass is around . The kinetic energy is then roughly , which sits comfortably inside the range of about two thousand to five thousand joules.
JEE Main · 2008 · 27 Apr 2008 · Offline · Single correct option