Question

a car travelling at 50km/h from rest covers a distance of 10km in 40minutes. Calculate the acceleration​

Answer 1

Answer:

$9.67\cdot 10^{-3}m/s^2$

Explanation:

We can solve the problem by using the following suvat equation:

$v^2-u^2=2as$

where

v is the final velocity

u is the initial velocity

a is the acceleration

s is the displacement

For the car in this problem:

u = 0 (it starts from rest)

$v=50 km/h \cdot \frac{1000}{3600}=13.9 m/s$ is the final velocity

s = 10 km = 10 000 m is the displacement

Solving for a, we find:

$a=\frac{v^2-u^2}{2s}=\frac{13.9^2}{2(10000)}=9.67\cdot 10^{-3}m/s^2$