What is the total distance travelled for an accelerating automobile?


Posted January 6th, 2010 by admin 7 Comments »
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Stephanie C asked:


An automobile accelerates from rest at 2.6m/s^2 for 18 sec. The speed is then held constant for 15 sec, after which there is an acceleration of -2.9m/s^2 until the automobile stops.
What is the total distance travelled?