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Let the car's initial velocity be +16.0 m/s, and the acceleration be -1.6 m/s2. What is the total distance traveled 20 s?

2007-09-07 13:11:06 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Physics

Neither of the following answers are correct:

0, 320, -320, 640, -640

2007-09-07 14:24:29 · update #1

2 answers

d = 1/2at^2 +v0t

d = 1/2 (-1.6 m/s^2) (20 s)^2 + 16 m/s * 20 s

d = -320 + 320 = 0

2007-09-07 13:16:25 · answer #1 · answered by nyphdinmd 7 · 0 1

Just set t = 20 in the equation
-1.6t^2/2 + 16t

to get the distance after 20 seconds unless the car starts to move backwards which I think it will. Then you need to solve this problem in 2 parts. First figure out the distance traveled to 0 velocity t = 16 / 1.6 = 10 seconds and then the distance traveled for the remainder of the time 20 - 10 = 10 seconds. It looks like the car will come back to the starting point so the Net distance is zero, but I think they want the distance out and back.

2007-09-07 20:19:44 · answer #2 · answered by rscanner 6 · 0 0

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