The Tutor
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Homework Statement
A turtle is moving with constant acceleration along a straight ditch. He starts his stopwatch as he passes a fence post and notes that it takes him 10s to reach a pine tree 10m further along the ditch. As he passes the pine tree, his speed is 1.2m/s. How far was he from the fence post when he started from rest?
Homework Equations
V22=V12+2a[tex]\Delta[/tex]d
[tex]\Delta[/tex]d=V1[tex]\Delta[/tex]t+1/2a([tex]\Delta[/tex]t)2
[tex]\Delta[/tex]d=V2[tex]\Delta[/tex]t-1/2a([tex]\Delta[/tex]t)2
The Attempt at a Solution
So I found out acceleration using the third equation, which is .04 m/s2. So now I believe I have to figure out the velocity at the fence post, which comes to 0.8 m/s. I don't know what to do after that.