The negative sign on the acceleration is only a vector quantity that means the object is accelerating to the left. Hence, we can only focus on it magnitude which is 4 m/s^2. Acceleration is the change in velocity over time. The change in velocity must be 24 m/s - 0 m/s, if you want the object to stop. Therefore,
a = (v2 - v1)/t
4 = (24 - 0)t
t = 6 seconds
The object will stop after 6 seconds.
The average speed of the car for the entire trip can be calculate by using:
where S is the total distance covered by the car, and t is the total time taken.
The total distance travelled by the car is:
while the total time taken is:
so, the average speed of the car is:
so, the correct answer is (3) 85 km/h.
The driver is tooling along in his snowmobile, pointed north,
at 8.5 m/s.
He's carrying the flares with him, so the flares are also moving north
at 8.5 m/s.
When he fires the flare straight up, it has a vertical velocity of 4.3 m/s
straight up, and a horizontal velocity of 8.5 m/s towards the north.
The magnitude of the net velocity is √(4.3² + 8.5²) .
That's about 9.53 m/s, at some angle between straight up
and straight north.
The angle above horizontal is the angle that has a tangent of 4.3/8.5 .
I'll let you work out the angle.
The waste products of a nuclear fission power plant can best be described as radioactive waste.
These are the by-products from the processes carried out that produce nuclear energy. This type of waste is highly dangerous. A lot of attention has to be paid to the collection and disposal of this waste as it must not reach any near by water bodies for example. It can be deadly for life.
