A car starts from rest and undergoes uniform acceleration. During the first second it travels 6 m.

a) what is the car's acceleration?

b) How far will the car travel during the third second?

For a) I used v= v_0 +at
6=0 a*1 so a= 6m/s^2

For b) I used d=vt
d=6(3) = 18 m

Did I work out this problem correctly? Thanks in advance for your help.

1 answer

a) d=1/2 at or a= 2d/t=12m/s^2

b) it went d= 1/2 a t^2 or 1/2 12*2^2 or 24m in two seconds. It went 1/2 12*3^2 or 54m in three seconds. So in the third second, it went 54-24 m.

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