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An electric train moving at 5m/s accelerates to a speed of 8m/s in 20 seconds. Fine the distance travelled in meters during the period of acceleration



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would have to be about 130 meters
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Answer: 130 meters

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Step-by-step explanation:

vi = 5 and vf = 8 are the initial and final velocities respectively. The change in time is t = 20 seconds.

So,

x = 0.5*(vi + vf)*t

x = 0.5*(5+8)*20

x = 130 meters

represents the distance traveled. The first equation shown above is one of the four kinematics equations.

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