A few days ago
steve paisley

Help with physics equation?

“How long will it take a cart to roll 80m down a ramp if it is accelerating at 4m/s^2?”

I tried using the formula for accelerating and then just substituting the values; didn’t work. Also tried d=rt; didn’t work. I know the answer is 6.32s, because it says so at the bottom… but I don’t know how to get that. Can someone please explain this to me?

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A few days ago
Twiggy

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use s = ut + 1/2 a t^2, so

80 = 0 + 1/2 x 4 x t^2, so

80 = 2t^2, so

40 = t^2, so

t = rt 40, so

t = + or – 6.23 secs.

A negative time is not possible, so

t = 6.23 secs.

Hope this helps, Twiggy.

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A few days ago
idolfan_01
80m = 4m/ s^2

solve for s!

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