A car driving on the turnpike accelerates uniformly from 98.0ft/s (66.8mph ) to 125ft/s (85.2mph ) in 3.70s. The acceleration of the car is 7.30 ft/s2.

How far does the car travel while it accelerates?

Question

A car driving on the turnpike accelerates uniformly from 98.0ft/s (66.8mph ) to 125ft/s (85.2mph ) in 3.70s. The acceleration of the car is 7.30 ft/s2.

How far does the car travel while it accelerates?

shane_b · Answer

Since you have the acceleration, time and the initial velocity, you can simply use the following kinematic equation:$$\Large d=V_it+\frac{1}{2}at^2$$

anonymous · Answer

Thank you for the help, I used the formula and found the correct answer, 412.57 ft.