Question

A sports event, the car starts from rest, in 5.0 s its acceleration is 5.0 m/s2.

culate the distance travelled by car.
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Answer 1

62.5m

Step-by-step explanation:

Given parameters:

Time = 5s

Acceleration = 5m/s²

Unknown:

Distance traveled by car = ?

Solution:

To solve this problem, we use one of the motion equations as given below:

S = ut +
`(1)/(2)` at²

S is the distance traveled

t is the time taken

u is the initial velocity = 0m/s

a is the acceleration

Now insert the parameters and solve;

S = (0 x 5) + (
`(1)/(2)` x 5 x 5²) = 62.5m