Distance, displacement, speed and velocity
 

Distance, displacement, speed and velocity problem 3


A car is travelling along a straight horizontal road. The car passes through a point A, on the road travelling at a speed of , and then accelerates uniformly at for 30 seconds. The car then moves at constant speed for seconds, where . The car then decelerates uniformly at , and after a further seconds passes through a point B on the road. The distance from A to B is , find the value of .


 

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