SOLUTION: a car accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 23.3 km/h in 8.4s. what is the distance it travels during this time?

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Question 338016: a car accelerates uniformly from rest to a speed of 23.3 km/h in 8.4s. what is the distance it travels during this time?
Answer by solver91311(24713) About Me  (Show Source):
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Instantaneous velocity as a function of time is



Here, initial velocity, , sec, and m/sec



Solve for

Then, distance traveled is given by:



, , , and is what you calculated above.


John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it