Question

Starting from rest, a car takes 2.4s to travel 15m. Assuming a constant acceleration, how long will it take the car to travel the next 15m?

Answer 1

Answer:

T = 2.4 + 2.4 = 4.8 [s]

Explanation:

In order to solve this problem, we must use the following kinematics equation and calculate the acceleration value.

$x=x_{o} +v_{o}*t+(\frac{1}{2})*a*t^{2}$

Vo = inital velocity = 0

x - xo = 15 [m]

t = time = 2.4 [s]

15 = 0.5*a*(2.4)^2

a = 5.208 [m/s^2]

We can use the same equation to find the time.

30 = 15 + 0.5*(5.208)*t^2

t = 2.4 [s]

T = 2.4 + 2.4 = 4.8 [s]