SOLUTION: A car is going at 20.0 m/s. At the same time that it reaches the beginning of a kilometre-long track, it starts accelerating at 5.00m/s�. How long does it take the car to go around

Question 1105127: A car is going at 20.0 m/s. At the same time that it reaches the beginning of a kilometre-long track, it starts accelerating at 5.00m/s�. How long does it take the car to go around the track once?
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A car is going at 20.0 m/s. At the same time that it reaches the beginning of a kilometre-long track, it starts accelerating at 5.00m/s�. How long does it take the car to go around the track once?
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1000 = 2.5t^2 + 20t
t^2 + 8t - 400 = 0
t =~ 16.396 seconds
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