Salt Flats: A driver wants to see how fast his car can go, so he goes out to the salt flats where he can drive a very long way in a straight line over level ground. Suppose he starts from rest and travels 2000.0 m with a constant acceleration of 1.60 m/s? (a) How long did this take? (b) How fast was the car going at the end of this trial?

Salt Flats: A driver wants to see how fast his car can go, so he goes out to the salt flats where he can drive a very long way in a straight line over level ground. Suppose he starts from rest and travels 2000.0 m with a constant acceleration of 1.60 m/s? (a) How long did this take? (b) How fast was the car going at the end of this trial?

An Introduction to Physical Science

14th Edition

ISBN:9781305079137

Author:James Shipman, Jerry D. Wilson, Charles A. Higgins, Omar Torres

Publisher:James Shipman, Jerry D. Wilson, Charles A. Higgins, Omar Torres

Chapter2: Motion

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 14E: A car travels on a straight, level road. (a) Starting from rest, the car is going 44 ft/s (30 mi/h)...

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