
Answer:
 17.5 m/s
Step-by-step explanation:
The magnitude of velocity is the root of the sum of the squares of the x- andy-velocities.
 x' = 8t +1
 y' = -4
At t = 2, the respective velocities are ...
 x'(2) = 8·2 +1 = 17
 y'(2) = -4
Then the velocity is ...
 v(2) = √(17^2 +(-4)^2) = √305
 v(2) ≈ 17.5 . . . . meters/second