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You are impatient, aren't you? ;)
What you write here is incorrect.
Surprisingly you do have the right answer for the distance.
The proper formula is:
distance = (velocity initial) (time) + (1/2) (acceleration) (time)^2.
Yes, this is right.
I was leading up to the trick that accelerating for 2 seconds from rest covers the same distance as decelerating in 2 seconds to rest.
I guess that won't be necessary any more.
MsHomework said:Ok well I decide to just do v=at. then I did velocity final= velocity initial + (acceleration)(distance). Which gave me the initial velocity of 15m/s. Lastly I did the d= 1/2 (velocity initial + velocity final)t equation which gave me a distance of 15 m. is this right?
What you write here is incorrect.
Surprisingly you do have the right answer for the distance.
The proper formula is:
distance = (velocity initial) (time) + (1/2) (acceleration) (time)^2.
MsHomework said:Finally after that when I replaced the distance i got into the work equation, I got 900J. Is this right
Yes, this is right.
I was leading up to the trick that accelerating for 2 seconds from rest covers the same distance as decelerating in 2 seconds to rest.
I guess that won't be necessary any more.