A boat in a race accelerates uniformly at 0.2 m/s² for 18 seconds to reach a final speed of 6 m/s. Work out the initial speed of
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Answer:
The time where the avergae speed equals the instaneous speed is T/2
Explanation:
The velocity of the car is:
v(t) = v0 + at
Where v0 is the initial speed and a is the constant acceleration.
Let's find the average speed. This is given integrating the velocity from 0 to T and dividing by T:
v_ave = v0+a(T/2)
We can esaily note that when <u><em>t=T/2</em></u><u><em> </em></u>
v(T/2)=v_ave
Now we want to know where the car should be, the osition of the car is:
Where x_A is the position of point A. Therefore, the car will be at:
<u><em>x(T/2) = x_A + v_0 (T/2) + (1/8)aT^2</em></u>