while driving his sports car at 20.0 m/s down a four lane highway, eddie comes up behind a slow moving dump truck and decides to pass it in the left hand lane. of eddie can accelerate at 5.00 m/s^2, how long will it take for him to reach a speed of 30.0 m/s

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Cecilia Maxwell

28 July, 11:50

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Matthias Zhang · Answer 1

Given:

u = 20 m/s

a = 5 m/s^2

v = 30 m/s

t = ?

Use the first kinematic equation of motion:

v = u + at

t = (v - u) / a = 10/5 = 2 seconds