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PRACTICE / Distance and average speed
Distance after a direction change
A cart begins at +6 m/s with constant acceleration −2 m/s² and moves for 5 s.
Find the total distance travelled.
Organize the givens & assumptions
- u = 6 m/s
- a = −2 m/s²
- t = 5 s
Constant acceleration throughout 5 s; motion is one-dimensional and distance counts both directions positively.
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