A car is travelling at 21 m/s and accelerates to a speed of 30.

5 m/s over a distance of

75 m. What is the car’s acceleration?

Given:
m
v1 =21
s
m
v 2=30.5
s
d=75 m

v 22=v 21 +2 ad

(30.5 ) ( )
m 2
s ❑
= 21
m 2
s ❑
+ 2 a ( 75 m )

( ) ( )
2 2
m m
930.25 = 441 +2 a ( 75 m )
s ❑ s ❑
m2 m2
930.25 2 −441 2 = (150 m ) a
s s
2
m
489.25 2 = (150 m ) a
s
2
m
489.25 2
s
=a
150 m
2
a=3.27 m/s

Therefore the acceleration of the car is 3.3 m/ s 2