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2 September, 21:40

A train starts from rest at station A and accelerates at 0.5m/s^2 for 60 seconds. Afterwards it travels with a constant velocity for 15 minutes. It then decelerates at 1m/s^2 until t is brought to rest at station B. Determine the distance between the stations

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  1. 3 September, 01:08
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    Answer: Total distance = 28350 m

    Explanation: We can divide the distance travel in 3 steps: one accelerating, the middle step at constant velocity and a final one decelerating.

    For the first distance (x1), we know the acceleration from rest (0.5 m/sec²) and the time traveled (60 sec).

    By definition, acceleration is equal to the change in velocity over time, so we can put the following:

    a = vf-vo/Δt⇒ if vo=0 (starts from rest) ⇒vf = a*Δt=0.5 m/sec²*60 sec=30 m/sec.

    Starting from rest, we can write that x1 = 1/2 * a * Δt² = 900 m.

    (we arrive to the same result applying vf²=2*a*Δx).

    For the second part, we know that at t=60 sec, v = 30 m/sec.

    As the second part is traveled at constant velocity, by definition, we can write the following:

    v = Δx/Δt (Δt=15 min = 15*60 sec/min=900 sec) ⇒Δx=v*Δt=30m/sec*900sec=27000 m

    FInally, as the train is brought to rest after decelerating, and we know that it's decelerating at a rate of 1 m/sec2, and the initial velocity is 30 m/sec, we can get the time traveled while it was decelerating:

    vf-vo = a*Δt ⇒ Δt = (vf-vo) / a ⇒Δt = 30 sec 9 (as vf=0)

    With this information, we can use the following kinematic equation:

    Δx = vo*t + 1/2 * a * t²

    Replacing by the values that we have got previously, we got:

    Δx = 900 m - 450 m = 450 m

    Adding the three distances, we have:

    Δx = 900 m + 27000 m + 450 m = 28350 m.

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