Solving Atwood's Machine: Find Accel & Time for 60 cm

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Homework Statement



An Atwood’s Machine has a solid cylindrical pulley with a mass of 80 g and a radius of 10 cm. A 1.1 kg mass is hung on one side and a 1.05 kg mass on the other side. Find the acceleration of the two masses, and the time for them to travel a distance of 60 cm.

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I was successful in finding the acceleration of the first part of the question now can someone help me pinpoint a equation to solve the 2nd part?
 
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If you know the acceleration of a body and if the acceleration is constant can you not find the distance covered in t seconds.If u can then put the value of the distance i.e 60 cm in the equation and solve for t.