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  • Mar 28, 2007, 05:58 AM
    babi_gurl
    Accelerated motion
    Hey hw wood I work this question out
    A man runs at a velocity of 4.5m/s for 15 mn. When going up an increasingly steep hill, he
    Slows down at a constant rate of 0.05m/s/s for 90 seconds and comes to a stop. How far did he run?
  • Mar 28, 2007, 06:09 AM
    Capuchin
    Well you need to split this into 2 parts, when he is decelerating and when he is not.

    When he is not decelerating you need to use s = vt and when he is decelerating you need to use s = ut + 0.5at^2

    get the distances and add them together!

    Job's a goodun!
  • Mar 28, 2007, 06:18 AM
    babi_gurl
    so while he is not deceleration wood it be
    s=vt
    s=4.3 x 900
    s=3870 m

    and while he is decelerating
    s=ut+1/2at^2
    s=4.5 x 90 +0.5 x -0.05 x 90^2
    s=202.5
    total distance travelled = 3870 +202.5=4072.5 m
  • Mar 28, 2007, 06:22 AM
    Capuchin
    You're cleverer than you think, but you need to put 4.5 into the first part, rather than 4.3 :)

    Well done! :)

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