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Chapter 2: Q17. (page 43)

A sports car accelerates from rest to 95 km/h in 4.3 s. What is its average acceleration in m/s2?

Short Answer

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The acceleration of the car is 6.14 ms2.

Step by step solution

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Step 1. Conversion of the unit and the rule to find the acceleration

The acceleration of the body is defined as the derivative of the velocity of a body with respect to time. The unit of acceleration is m/s2.

Given data.

The initial velocity of the car was v1 = 0as it started from rest.

The final velocity of the car is v2 = 95 kmh.

Now,

v2 = 95 kmh= 95 kmh × 1000 m1 km × 1 h3600 s= 26.4 ms

The time taken by the car for this motion is Δt = 4.3 s.

Rule.

You know that acceleration is

role="math" localid="1642764168067" a = v2 - v1Δt…(i).

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Step 2. Calculation of the acceleration 

Now, substituting all the values in equation (i),

a = 26.4 ms -04.3 s= 6.14 ms2

Therefore, the acceleration of the car is 6.14 ms2.

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