SOLUTION: A car traveling at 10 m/s accelerates at 1.5 m/s^2 for 20 s. How far does it go? What speed is obtained?

Question 350551: A car traveling at 10 m/s accelerates at 1.5 m/s^2 for 20 s. How far does it go? What speed is obtained?
Answer by Alan3354(69443) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
A car traveling at 10 m/s accelerates at 1.5 m/s^2 for 20 s. How far does it go? What speed is obtained?
---------------------------
1.5 m/sec/sec for 20 seconds adds 30 m/sec to its speed (1.5*20).
The speed increases to 40 m/sec
-------------------------------
The average speed is (10 + 40)/2 = 25 m/sec
25 * 20 = 500 meters

RELATED QUESTIONS
A car traveling at 10 m/s hits the accelerator and speeds up uniformly to 20 m/s in 2.0... (answered by nyc_function)

how fast does a car travel if it is going 4 m/s and accelerates at 3.5 m/s^2 for 5... (answered by Alan3354)

A car traveling at 40 m/s decelerates at 4.0 m/s^2 and comes to rest. How long does it... (answered by Alan3354)

A rocket accelerates from rest at the rate of 55 m/s^2 for 20 s. It then moves at a... (answered by KMST)

A car takes off from rest and covers 25 m while accelerating at 2.0 m/s^2. How long does... (answered by Alan3354)

this is physics:Beginning at rest, A car accelerates down a straight road at 2.18 m/s^2... (answered by Alan3354)

A car is traveling at 55 mph and accelerates at 1 mph/s for 6 seconds. How far does the... (answered by Alan3354)

If a car is going at 12 m/s, how long will it take to reach a speed of 26 m/s if it... (answered by Alan3354)

How long does it take a car to cross a 30.0 m wide intersection after the light turns... (answered by ikleyn)