SOLUTION: A car traveling at 10 m/s hits the accelerator and speeds up uniformly to 20 m/s in 2.0 s. How far does it go? What is the acceleration?

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Question 350547: A car traveling at 10 m/s hits the accelerator and speeds up uniformly to 20 m/s in 2.0 s. How far does it go? What is the acceleration?
Answer by nyc_function(2741) About Me  (Show Source):
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During that time of acceleration the average speed was :-


= (10 + 20)/2 = 15 m/s


Therefore the distance covered is :-


s = (15)(2) = 30 m


Acceleration :- a = (20-10)/2 = 5m/s'2