Distance, displacement, speed and velocity
 

Distance, displacement, speed and velocity problem 8


A train travels between two stations, A and B. The train starts from rest at A and accelerates at a constant rate until it reaches a speed of . It then travels at this constant speed for seconds, before decelerating at a constant rate, coming to rest at B. The total time for the journey is . Find the value of and hence find the distance moved by the train while travelling at the constant speed of .


 

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