Question

A helicopter travelling at a velocity of 15 m/s [W] accelerates uniformly at a rate of 7.0 m/s2 [E] for 4.0 s. What is the helicopter’s final velocity?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

If we take West to be the negative direction, then the initial velocity is -15 m/s and the acceleration (which points East) is +7.0 m/s².

After t = 4.0 s, the helicopter's velocity is

-15 m/s + (7.0 m/s²) (4.0 s) = +13 m/s

or 13 m/s [E].