Question

Determine how far does the car travel when it accelerates at 2.6m/s/s in 14seconds

Answer 1

To determine the distance travel by the car in this motion we can use the formula:

$x-x_0=v_0t+\frac{1}{2}at^2_{}$

if we assume that the car starts at the origin and that the initial velocity is zero.

In this case we have that x0=0, v0=0, a=2.6 and t=14, then:

$\begin{gathered} x-0=(0)t+\frac{1}{2}(2.6)(14)^2 \\ x=254.8 \end{gathered}$

Therefore the car travels 254.8 meters.