A Car, Starting From Rest, Accelerates At A Constant Rate Of 5 Ms–2 for Some Time. It Then Retards At A Constant Rate Of 10 Ms–2 and Finally Comes To Rest. If The Total Taken Is 6 s, What Is The Maximum Speed Attained By The Car?   

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Question

 

A car, starting from rest, accelerates at a constant rate of 5 ms–2 for some time. It then retards at a constant rate of 10 ms–2 and finally comes to rest. If the total taken is 6 s, What is the maximum speed attained by the car? 

 

Solution

Correct option is

20 ms–1

 

Let t1 be the time during which the car has an acceleration a1 = 5 ms–2and t2 be the time during which the car has a deceleration a2 = –10 ms–2. Since the car starts from rest, the maximum speed attained by the car . For time interval, this v is the initial speed and the final speed is zero. Therefore,   

          

Thus,  

         

  

                 

                  = 2  

.   

Now,  

          

Therefore 

          t1 = 4 s and t1 = 2 s.   

Also  

         

            

             = 20 ms–1.

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