Let's call

the mass of the glider and

the total mass of the seven washers hanging from the string.
The net force on the system is given by the weight of the hanging washers:

For Newton's second law, this net force is equal to the product between the total mass of the system (which is

) and the acceleration a:

So, if we equalize the two equations, we get

and from this we can find the acceleration:
Answer:
(a) Time t = 16.46 sec
(b) Time t =13.466 sec
(c) Deceleration = 
Explanation:
(a) As the train starts from rest its initial velocity u = 0 m/sec
Acceleration 
Final speed v = 80 km/hr

From first equation of motion v =u+at
So 
(b) Now initial speed u = 22.22 m/sec
As finally train comes to rest so final speed v=0 m/sec
Deceleration 
So 
(c) We have given that initial velocity = 80 km/hr = 22.22 m/sec
Final velocity v = 0 m/sec
Time t = 8.30 sec
So acceleration is given by

As acceleration is negative so it is a deceleration
The first scientist to introduce the concept of inertia was Galileo
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