>>>I posted the formula I used, and don't forget that this is the speed over the entire distance, not top end. Anyway, 12.380 for 1/4 mile equals 49.52 for an entire mile. There are 3600 seconds in an hour, so 3600 / 49.52 equals MPH.
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>> Ah, I see. Yeah, that's a bit different than the ending MPH.
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>I don't think that there's anyway to get that, unfortunately. oRox was, however, probably doing in excess of 100 MPH when she hit the line.
Going back to my high school physics (I wondered when I could use this stuff again), I think you can get an answer.
Using the formulas:
s = .5at
2 + V
it
V
f = V
i + at
where
s = distance
V
i = initial velocity
V
f = final velocity
a = acceleration
t = time
You get:
.25 miles = a(.5)(12.38 seconds)^2 + 0(12.38)
a = .00326 m/s
2Assuming a constant rate of acceleration (hey, this is a perfect world with no outside forces taking place during the race, right? *g*) yields:
V
f = (.00326)(12.38) = .0403588 miles/second = 145.292 miles/hour
Rox, you were hauling a**!! WOW!!
Larry Miller
MCSD
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