Question
A car sitting at rest begins accelerating at 2.40 m/s? for 15.0 seconds. How far has the car gone?
Answers
GPT 3.5
To find out how far the car has gone, we need to use the equation for distance travelled during constant acceleration:
distance = initial velocity * time + 0.5 * acceleration * time^2
Given:
Initial velocity (u) = 0 m/s (since the car was at rest)
Acceleration (a) = 2.40 m/s^2
Time (t) = 15.0 seconds
Plugging these values into the equation, we get:
distance = 0 * 15.0 + 0.5 * 2.40 * 15.0^2
distance = 0 + 0.5 * 2.40 * 225.0
distance = 0 + 0.5 * 540.0
distance = 270.0 meters
Therefore, the car has gone a distance of 270.0 meters.
distance = initial velocity * time + 0.5 * acceleration * time^2
Given:
Initial velocity (u) = 0 m/s (since the car was at rest)
Acceleration (a) = 2.40 m/s^2
Time (t) = 15.0 seconds
Plugging these values into the equation, we get:
distance = 0 * 15.0 + 0.5 * 2.40 * 15.0^2
distance = 0 + 0.5 * 2.40 * 225.0
distance = 0 + 0.5 * 540.0
distance = 270.0 meters
Therefore, the car has gone a distance of 270.0 meters.