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Grade 12th passGeneral Physics

A car travelling at 108km/hr has its speed reduced to 36km/hr while travelling a distance of 200m. Its acceleration and time taken are?

Profile image of Jaya Deepika
11 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Karan Naidu
11 Years ago
accleration=-25920 km/hr^2    time=10 seconds (approx)
Profile image of erra akhil
11 Years ago
Dear Jaya,
v- u2= 2 a S   -------- eq.1
v=final velocity
u=initial velocity
a=accelerartion(in this case retardation)
S=distance travelled
On solving;
by converting given speeds which are in km/hr to m/s by multiplying the speeds by 5/18;
we get, accelaration=-2 m/s or -0.555km/hr.(- sign indicates retardation)
v = u + a t -------eq.2
t=time taken.
time taken = 10 sec on solving.
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