Question

A stunt car driver testing the use of air bags drives a car at a constant speed of25 m/s for a total of 100m. He applies his brakes and accelerates uniformly to a stop just as he reaches a wall 50m away.

Required:
Sketch the a graph showing position v.s time and velocity v.s time.

Answer 1

The graphs are attached

Step-by-step explanation:

We are told that he starts with a constant speed of 25 m/s for a distance of 100 m.

At constant velocity, v = distance/time

time(t) = distance(d)/velocity(v)

t1 = 100/25

t1 = 4 s

Now, we are told that he applies his brakes and accelerates uniformly to a stop just as he reaches a wall 50m away.

It means, he decelerate and final velocity is zero.

Thus;

v² = u² + 2as

0² = 25² + 2a(50)

25² = - 100a

625 = - 100a

a = - 625/100

a = - 6.25 m/s²

v = u + at

0 = 25 + (-6.25t)

25 = 6.25t

t = 25/6.25

t = 4 s

With the values gotten, kindly find attached the distance-time and velocity-time graphs.