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UrbanXrisis
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The question reads:
A commuter train travels between two downtown stations. Because the stations are only 1.00km apart, the train never reaches its maxium possible cruising speed. The engineer minimizes the time t between the two stations by accelerationg at a rate a1=0.100m/s^2 for a time t1 and then by breaking with acceleartion a2=-0.500m/s^2 for a time t2. Find the minimum time of travel t and the time t1.
hmmm, not sure where to begin. I ws thinking about finding the distance first, then relate it to time. I tried to set the distance of t1 to the distance of t2, something on the lines of:
Vi^2=2ad-Vf^2...Vi would be 0 since the train starts at zero m/s
Vf^2=2ad-Vi^2...Vf would be 0 since the train will make a complete stop
so...2ad-Vf^2=2ad-Vi^2
however, that wouldn't work because the distances are not the same
Any suggestions?
A commuter train travels between two downtown stations. Because the stations are only 1.00km apart, the train never reaches its maxium possible cruising speed. The engineer minimizes the time t between the two stations by accelerationg at a rate a1=0.100m/s^2 for a time t1 and then by breaking with acceleartion a2=-0.500m/s^2 for a time t2. Find the minimum time of travel t and the time t1.
hmmm, not sure where to begin. I ws thinking about finding the distance first, then relate it to time. I tried to set the distance of t1 to the distance of t2, something on the lines of:
Vi^2=2ad-Vf^2...Vi would be 0 since the train starts at zero m/s
Vf^2=2ad-Vi^2...Vf would be 0 since the train will make a complete stop
so...2ad-Vf^2=2ad-Vi^2
however, that wouldn't work because the distances are not the same
Any suggestions?