How much distance does a car with an acceleration of 4.0 m/s2 travel as it goes from 10 m/s to 30 m/s?

1 Answer
Jan 7, 2016

100 m

Explanation:

Use the third equation of motion (time independent)
v2 - u2 = 2ax
and the variables v,u and a
Final velocity v=30ms1
Initial velocity u=10ms1
acceleration a=4ms2

Solution:

v2 - u2 = 2ax
302 - 102 = 2×4×x
900100=8x
800=8x
or 100 meters