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Posted by pavatharani on Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 10:41am.

a car accelerates from rest at a constant rate 'a' for some time. after which it decelerates at a constant rate'b' and comes to rest. if the total time elapsed is t second, evaluate
1) the maximum velocity reached and
2) the total distance travelled.

physics - bobpursley, Wednesday, July 13, 2011 at 10:44am
max velocity=at

distance= 1/2 at^2+at-1/2 bt^2

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