How Do You Find Acceleration and Total Distance in a Car's Journey?

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The original poster presents a problem involving a car's journey, where the car accelerates from rest to a speed of 72 km/h over 20 seconds, maintains that speed for 5 minutes, and then decelerates to a stop after covering an additional distance of 100 meters. The poster seeks to find the acceleration, total distance covered, and total time used.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Assumption checking

Approaches and Questions Raised

  • Some participants inquire about the nature of the acceleration, questioning whether it is constant. Others encourage the original poster to share their work or ideas on how to approach the problem.

Discussion Status

The discussion is in an early stage, with participants prompting the original poster to clarify their attempts and reasoning. There is an emphasis on exploring the problem rather than providing direct solutions.

Contextual Notes

Participants note the need for more information regarding the assumptions made about the acceleration and the overall setup of the problem.

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Homework Statement


A Car starts from the rest, accelerate and reaches the speed of 72Km/h in 20s. It keeps the speed for 5 minutes and then applies brakes and stops after covering a distance of 100m.
find:
Acceleration, Declaration, Total Distance Covered And Total Time Used..
please help me,



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The Attempt at a Solution

 
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What have you tried doing?
 
A car start from rest accelerate .
Is it constant acceleration? And you have to show us some of your work
 
Show us some of your ideas on how to approach the problem even if you think they are wrong.
 

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