According to the World Flying Disk Federation, the world distance record for a flying disk throw in the men’s 85-years-and-older category is held by Jack Roddick of Pennsylvania, who on July 13, 2007, at the age of 86, threw a flying disk for a distance of 54.0 m. If the flying disk was thrown horizontally with a speed of 13.0 m/s, how long did the flying disk remain aloft? (Jack Roddick was also a physics teacher! Read more about him at

t = 4.15 seconds

Explanation:

It is given that,

Distance traveled by a flying disk, d = 54 m

The speed at which it was thrown, v = 13 m/s

We need to find the time for which the flying disk remain aloft. Let the distance is d. We know that, speed is equal to the distance covered divided by time. So,

Hence, for 4.15 seconds the flying disk remain aloft.

the independent variable, the one that is intentionally manipulated, is whether or not the car hits the barrier.

the dependent variable, the one that you measure the response in, is the distance that the washers travel.

probably not if net force is zero