Calculating Distance for a Shunted Rail Carriage

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Homework Statement



a rail carraige has a mass of 1200kg. the train engine shunts it along the track giving it an average acceleration of 0.6ms-2. determine the distance traveled by the carraige in 60 seconds if started from rest.

Homework Equations


i think its something like V*T + 1/2A*Tsquared


The Attempt at a Solution



0*60 + .5*.6 * 60 squared

this number seems to big what am i doing wrong?
 
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