Question

A car starts from rest, speeds up with constant acceleration, and travels 400 meters in 10 seconds. What was the acceleration of the car in m/s2?

Answer 1

Answer:

Acceleration of the car will be $a=8m/sec^2$

Explanation:

We have given that car starts from rest so initial velocity of the car u = 0 m/sec

And car traveled 400 m in 10 sec

So distance traveled by car s = 400 m

Time taken to compete this distance t = 10 sec

We have to find the acceleration of the car

From second equation of motion we know that $s=ut+\frac{1}{2}at^2$

So $400=0\times 10+\frac{1}{2}\times a\times 10^2$

$a=8m/sec^2$

So acceleration of the car will be $a=8m/sec^2$