A model railroad train travels at a constant speed of 8 cm/s . How far would the train travel in one minute ?

480cm or 0.48m

Explanation:

Given parameter:

Speed of the train = 8cm/s

time of travel = 1minute

Unknown:

Distance traveled = ?

Solution:

Speed is the rate of change of distance with time. This suggests that mathematically;

         Speed =  

       Distance covered = speed   x   time

Now to solve for the distance;

 Convert the time to seconds;

             60seconds = 1 minute

 Distance covered = 8cm/s  x 60s = 480cm

Distance covered is 480cm or 0.48m

when two balls of the different masses are dropped from equal height, they reach the ground at the same time .this is because they experience the same acceleration.

the acceleration is independent of mass.

thus when they are dropped they will always maintain the same velocity and travel the same distance (neglect air resistance of course) at the same time.