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A motorboat accelerates uniformly from a velocity of 6.5 m/s west to a velocity of 1.5 m/s west. If its acceleration was 2.7 m/s2 to the east, what is the displacement

of the motorboat during the acceleration?

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Answer:

The motorboat ends up 7.41 meters to the west of the initial position

Step-by-step explanation:

Accelerated Motion

The accelerated motion describes a situation where an object changes its velocity over time. If the acceleration is constant, then these formulas apply:


\vec v_f=\vec v_o+\vec a.t


\displaystyle \vec r=\vec v_o.t+(\vec a.t^2)/(2)

The problem provides the conditions of the motorboat's motion. The initial velocity is 6.5 m/s west. The final velocity is 1.5 m/s west, and the acceleration is
2.7 m/s^2 to the east. Since all the movement takes place in one dimension, we can ignore the vectorial notation and work with the signs of the variables, according to a defined positive direction. We'll follow the rule that all the directional magnitudes are positive to the east and negative to the west. Rewriting the formulas:


v_f=v_o+a.t


\displaystyle x=v_o.t+(a.t^2)/(2)

Solving the first one for t


\displaystyle t=(v_f-v_o)/(a)

We have


v_o=-6.5,\ v_f=-1.5,\ a=2.7

Using these values


\displaystyle t=(-1.5+6.5)/(2.7)=1.852\ s

We now compute x


\displaystyle x=(-6.5)(1.852)+((2.7)(1.852)^2)/(2)


x=-7,41\ m

The motorboat ends up 7.41 meters to the west of the initial position

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