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A car travels with a velocity of 72 km/h in 10s, starting from rest - (a) Find acceleration (b) average velocity...

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A car travels with a velocity of 72 km/h in 10s, starting from rest -
(a) Find acceleration
(b) average velocity
(c) distance traveled

posted Jul 23, 2019 by anonymous

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Acceleration = (72/(3600*10) = 2 (m/s^2)
Average velocity = 36 Km/h
Distance travelled = 36 × 10/3600 = 0.1Km = 100 m.

answer Jul 27, 2019 by Tejas Naik



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