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A rocket traveling at 88 m/s is accelerated uniformly to 132 m/s over a 15 s interval. what is its displacement during this time?

Respuesta :

First of all, we can find the acceleration of the rocket, which is given by:

[tex] a=\frac{v-u}{t} [/tex]

where v is the final velocity of the rocket, u its initial speed, and t the time interval. Plugging in the data of the problem, we find

[tex] a=\frac{132 m/s-88 m/s}{15 s}=2.93 m/s^2 [/tex]

And now we can find the displacement of the rocket using the following equation:

[tex] S=ut+\frac{1}{2}at^2=(88 m/s)(15 s)+\frac{1}{2}(2.93 m/s^2)(15 s)^2 =1649.6 m [/tex]