Calculating Distance Traveled: Motion Exam Question Solution in 7.4 Seconds

[mouk92]

1. A Cyclist traveling at a speed of 4.2 ms^-1 accelerates at 1.1 ms^-2 in a time of 7.4 seconds. What is the distance travelled?


2. Homework Equations ?



3. The Attempt at a Solution : The answer is 61m but i don't know how to get that answer

 

[Cyosis]

I would expect you to have seen $s(t)=\frac{1}{2}at^2+v_0t+s_0$?

 

[mouk92]

Yeh thanks i got it

 

[mouk92]

When i was doing it i was squaring the whole of the at instead of just the t

 

[Cyosis]

I see. You should really put that in the relevant equation section, that way people reading this forum could have seen what went wrong right away.

 

[mouk92]

Yh sorry this was my first post but thanks anyway