A commuter travels to work along a road with many traffic signals. After stoppin

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A commuter travels to work along a road with many traffic signals. After stopping at one red light the commuter accelerates at 2 m/s2. Just as he passes a speed camera, he notices that the next traffic light has turned red and he must stop, which he does by reversing his acceleration and now decelerating at a constant rate of 2 m/s2; coming to a stop just at the traffic light. The distance between the two traffic lights is 800 m.

A. How does the time he is speeding up compare to the time he is slowing down? PLEASE EXPLAIN THE ANSWER

1) More time speeding up 2) Same 3) More time slowing down 4)You cannot determine from the information given

B. How much time does he take to get from the first traffic light to the second? ____s

C. What was his maximum speed? ____m/s

D. The speed limit on the road is 45 mi/h. If he is going more than about 15 mi/h faster than that, he'll get a traffic ticket in the mail. Do you expect him to get one? 1) No 2) Yes 3) It cannot be determined from the information given PLEASE EXPLAIN

A commuter travels to work along a road with many traffic signals. After stopping at one red light the commuter accelerates at 2 m/s2. Just as he passes a speed camera, he notices that the next traffic light has turned red and he must stop, which he does by reversing his acceleration and now decelerating at a constant rate of 2 m/s2; coming to a stop just at the traffic light. The distance between the two traffic lights is 800 m.

A. How does the time he is speeding up compare to the time he is slowing down? PLEASE EXPLAIN THE ANSWER

1) More time speeding up 2) Same 3) More time slowing down 4)You cannot determine from the information given

B. How much time does he take to get from the first traffic light to the second? ____s

C. What was his maximum speed? ____m/s

D. The speed limit on the road is 45 mi/h. If he is going more than about 15 mi/h faster than that, he'll get a traffic ticket in the mail. Do you expect him to get one? 1) No 2) Yes 3) It cannot be determined from the information given PLEASE EXPLAIN

Explanation / Answer

a)more time slowing down

b)from s=ut+(1/2)at2 formula

s=0+(1/2)at2

t=sqrt(2s/a)=2*1.414*10=28 sec

c)first find velocites from v=u+at and v2-u2=2as

1 st red signal to 2nd his velocity v1= 56m/s and 2nd to 1st his velocity v2=56.4m/s

max speed=(v1+v2)/2=56m/s

d)his ave speed is 126mi/hr

so if he his move with 15mi/hr faster he wont get get a traffic ticket in the mail.

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