Crazy Geese
Roots, powers, real numbers
Five geese competed in a 110-meter hurdles race. The participants were four geese <i> §§Fm0§§, §§Fm1§§, §§Fm2§§, §§Fm3§§ </i> and one gander <i> §§M4§§ </i>.
The gander §§M4§§ had the slowest result (§§V4(11.05,12,.01)§§).
<p>(a) Mark the positions they finished in above their names in the table.</p> <p>(b) Highlight the <i> fastest goose</i> in blue.</p> <p>(c) Circle the <i> middle</i> result.</p> <p>(d) In the column below their results, write how much they lagged behind the fastest goose.</p> <p>(e) In the next column below, write how much faster the geese were compared to the gander §§M4§§.</p> (f) In the <b> bottom </b> row, calculate the average speed of each goose (in meters per second) using the following formula: \(\text{Speed} = \frac{110 \, \text{m}}{\text{Time in seconds}} \) <table class="table table-bordered table-striped"> <tr> <td>(a)</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td>5.</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr><td>(b)</td> <td>§§Fm0§§</td> <td>§§Fm1§§</td> <td>§§Fm2§§</td> <td>§§M4§§</td> <td>§§Fm3§§</td> </tr> <tr> <td>(c)</td> <td>§§V1(9.50,11,.01)§§</td> <td>§§V2(9.50,11,.01)§§</td> <td>§§V3(9.50,11,.01)§§</td> <td>§§V4(11.05,12,.01)§§</td> <td>§§V5(9.50,11,.01)§§</td> </tr> <tr> <td>(d)</td> <td>§§(§§V4(11.05,12,.01)§§ - §§V1(9.50,11,.01)§§)§§ s</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>(e)</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>(f)</td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td></td> <td><i>§§( 110 / §§V5(9.50,11,.01)§§ )§§ </i>m/s</td> </tr> </table> <img src="https://mathkiss.com/uploads/goose4.jpg"/>