Question

during a hockey game, the hockey puck slid directly from one goal line to the other at 9 meters per second. the goal lines are 54 meters apart. if the pucks velocity was constant, how much time did it take the puck to slide half of the distance between the goal lines?
write your answer as a whole number.
seconds

Explanation:

Step1: Calculate half of the distance

The total distance between the goal lines is \(d = 54\) meters. Half of this distance is \(d_{half}=\frac{54}{2}=27\) meters.

Step2: Use the formula \(t=\frac{d}{v}\)

The velocity \(v = 9\) meters per second. Using the formula \(t=\frac{d}{v}\), where \(d = d_{half}\), we substitute the values: \(t=\frac{27}{9}\).

Answer:

\(3\)