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Given data:

The radius of the circular track, r  500 m .


The velocity at point A , v  5 m s .
v   0.06t  m s 2
The rate of change of velocity, .

The total distance on a circular track is,

2 r  2  500 m 
 1000 m

 1000 
 m
One-third of the distance is  3  .

When the car is at point A , its acceleration is,

a  v
dv

dt
  0.06t  m s 2

The velocity of the car at point A , v  5 m s .

So,

Integrate within the limits 5 to v .

v dv t
  dt    0.06t  dt
5 dt 0

 t2 
v  5  0.06  
2
v  5  0.03t 2

Integrate again.

ds
 dt    5  0.03t 2  dt
s t
0 dt 0

 t3 
s  0  5t  0.03  
3
s  5t  0.01t 3
 1000 
  m
The car travelled one third of the track which is equal to  3  .
1000
 5t  0.01t 3
3
1000
0.01t 3  0t 2  5t  0
3
t  43.59 or  21.79  43.88i  or  21.79  43.88i 

Take the real root of the equation.

The time is approximately 43.6 sec .

Substitute t  43.6 in the equation v  5  0.03t .


2

v  5  0.03  43.6 
2

 62.028 m s

Thus, the magnitude of the velocity when the car travels one-third the way around the track is
62.028 m s .

Substitute t  43.6 in the equation v  0.06t .

v  0.06  43.6 
 2.616 m s 2

Thus, the magnitude of the acceleration when the car travels one-third the way around the track
2
is 2.616 m s .

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