while driving his sports car at 20.0 m/s, Brandon comes up behind a slow-moving dump truck and decided to pass

Question

it in the left-hand lane. If brandon accelerates at 5.00 m/s/s

a. how long will it take him to reach a speed of 30.0 m/s

b. how many meters will he travel during this time?

plzz help i'm totally lost

Answer 1

a. t = (v1-v0)/a = 2 s
b. s = (v1^2-v0^2)/(2a) = 50 m
The ref. explains the derivations of these equations.