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A train starts from rest and accelerates uniformly with a = 2 m/s2 until it has traveled 1 km. The train then moves at a constant velocity of 20 m/s for one hour. The train then slows down uniformly at 0.05 m/s2, until it stops. Calculate:
In the first part, the train accelerates uniformly starting from
rest and reaches to the final velocity of 20 m/s. In this process
velocity increases from zero to this final velocity.
Then it moves at this constant velocity of 20 m/s for one hour. In
this process the velocity remains unchanged.
In the last part of the journey, the train slows down uniformly.
So, its velocity decreases. Thus we see that the maximum velocity
is
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In the first the distance travelled is given and is
In the second part, the distance travelled is computed as
In the last part the distance travelled is computed as
So, the total distance is