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2) A bycicle starts from rest and reaches a speed of 5 m/s in 5 seconds under a constant acceleration.
a) How far is the bycicle from its starting position where it was at rest?
b) What is the bycicle's acceleration?
c) How fast will be bycicle be after 10s?
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